ID 892283
Lot 81 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
Valeur estimée
£ 25 000 – 40 000
LEPAUTE, PARIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The case shaped as a wine barrel, adorned with bacchic male and female satyrs, the rockwork base with vines, ewer, a tambourine and pipes, the shaped plinth with relief panels of further bacchic scenes in the manner of Clodion, raised on toupie feet, the white enamel dial, signed Lepaute / HGER. DU ROI, with Arabic hours and five minutes, pierced gilt hands and blued steel seconds hand, the twin barrel movement with pin-wheel escapement mounted to the backplate, later brocot regulation and countwheel strike to bell
21 in. (50.8 cm.) high; 23 1/4 in. (59 cm.) wide; 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) deep
Provenance
With Pietro Accorsi, Turin (according to paper label).
The Alberto Bruni Tedeschi Collection; Sotheby's, London, 21 March 2007, lot 133.
Special notice
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| Technique appliquée: | Construction métallique |
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| Matériel: | Laiton, Bronce, Dorure |
| Époque historique: | Période de Louis XVI |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe de l'Ouest, France, Europe |
| Catégorie: | Décor |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Horloges - Ameublement, Tables |
| Technique appliquée: | Construction métallique |
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| Matériel: | Laiton, Bronce, Dorure |
| Époque historique: | Période de Louis XVI |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe de l'Ouest, France, Europe |
| Catégorie: | Décor |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Horloges - Ameublement, Tables |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
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| Téléphone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
| Commission | see on Website | |
| Conditions d'utilisation | Conditions d'utilisation |





