ID 1225462
Lot 181 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND ALABASTER MANTEL CLOCK
Valeur estimée
£ 7 000 – 10 000
THE MOVEMENT BY JOSEPH MIGNOLET, LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS POSSIBLY BY FEUCHERE
The marble case of fluted column form, surmounted by a putto above rooster heads suspending the dial, the enamel dial with Arabic minutes and hours, and inscribed 'Mignolet a Paris', on a spreading socle and further square base, mounted with trophies of love, the twin-barrel movement with tic-tac escapement and countwheel strike to bell
23 in. (58.5 cm.) high; 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) wide
Provenance
Probably acquired either by Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild, for Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire and by descent to his daughter Hannah de Rothschild, or by her husband (m. 1878), Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929).
By descent to the 7th Earl of Rosebery;
sold Sotheby's Mentmore house sale, 19 May 1977, lot 440 (listed in Lord Rosebery's Bedroom).
| Matériel: | Albâtre, Dorure |
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| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Horloges - Ameublement |
| Matériel: | Albâtre, Dorure |
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| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Horloges - Ameublement |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Royaume-Uni | |
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