A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK

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£ 69 300
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21.09.2022 14:00UTC +01:00
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Лот 30 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK

THE MOVEMENT BY FRANÇOIS CARANDA, CIRCA 1785

Surmounted by a classical urn with ring handles above a circular glazed enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals crested by a ribbon bow and flanked by Satyr masks amidst oak leaves terminating in swags, on a pentagonal base decorated with fluted pilasters flanked by volutes on a breakfront plinth mounted with two seated Medici lions and decorated with scrolling foliate panels flanked by foliate rosettes, on stiffleaf-collared toupie feet, the dial signed 'CARANDA à VERSAILLES', '25028' inscribed on the reverse of the movement

17 3/4 in. (45 cm.) high; 16 in. (40 cm.) wide; 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) deep





Provenance

Probably delivered to the garde-meuble and recorded in 1788 in the cabinet of Thierry Ville d’Avray’s apartment in the hôtel de Garde-Meuble in Versailles.



Literature

P. Verlet, Les bronzes dorés français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1987, p. 461.



Special notice


This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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