A PAIR OF MAGNIFICENT LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED BEAU BLEU SEVRES PORCELAIN AND MARBLE `VASE` CLOCKS

Lot 10
06.07.2023 12:00UTC +00:00
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£ 491 400
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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Lot 10 | A PAIR OF MAGNIFICENT LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED BEAU BLEU SEVRES PORCELAIN AND MARBLE 'VASE' CLOCKS
Valeur estimée
£ 250 000 – 350 000
A PAIR OF MAGNIFICENT LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED BEAU BLEU SEVRES PORCELAIN AND MARBLE 'VASE' CLOCKS

THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, THE MOVEMENT BY JEAN AMANT, CIRCA 1785

Each with an enamel dial, one indicating the hours of the day and signed Jn. Amant, the other indicating the phases of the moon and depicting Mount Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples, set within a rectangular rouge griotte case flanked by griffins intertwined with scrolling floral motifs, supporting a Medici vase depicting mythological scenes, the cover surmounted by pinecone finial and opening to reveal a silver-lined wine cooler, flanked by two draped and seated female figures holding cornucopiae, issuing three reeded branches embellished with scrolling vines, wheat husks and eagleheads, supporting spirally-fluted driptrays and bobeches cast with interlaced laurel wreaths and flowerheads, on a leaftip-moulded breakfront plinth on gadrooned bun feet, both movements with chain fusee and balance wheel escapements, the backplates signed 'Jn. Amant / A PARIS'

24 3/4 in. (63 cm.) high; 22 3/4 in. (57.5 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep





Provenance

Acquired by Sir Max Michaelis (1852-1932);

thence by descent to the present owner.



Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:

C. Hussey, 'Hinton Ampner', Country Life, June 1969, p. 1424, fig. 9.
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