A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND ALABASTER MANTEL CLOCK

Lot 181
23.05.2024 10:30UTC +00:00
Classic
Prix de départ
£ 7 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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Lot 181 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND ALABASTER MANTEL CLOCK
Valeur estimée
£ 7 000 – 10 000
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND ALABASTER MANTEL CLOCK
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).
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