ID 992762 
Лот 45  | A MONUMENTAL LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND MEISSEN AND FRENCH PORCELAIN CLOCK
Оценочная стоимость
£ 150 000 – 250 000 
CIRCA 1750, THE PORCELAIN FIGURES ATTRIBUTED TO J.J. KÄNDLER, THE FLOWERS VINCENNES AND SEVRES PORCELAIN, MOST SOFT PASTE; THE CLOCK MOVEMENT BY EDME-JEAN CAUSARD, PARIS
The scrolling berrying foliage cresting issuing floral sprays and surrounding a trumpeting angel emblematic of Fame above, supported by foliate scrolls and resting on a cloudburst emitting lightning bolts with Apollo in his chariot driving three horses, the 9 inch white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, signed to the centre ‘CAUSARD HGR. DU ROY / SUIVT. LA COUR’, pierced gilt hands, the twin barrel movement with shaped circular plates joined by five ringed pillars, deadbeat escapement with later Brocot regulation, pierced star-cut countwheel mounted to the backplate, bell now removed
39 1/2 in. (98 cm.) high, 32 1/4 in. (82 cm.) wide, 22 in. (56.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Supplied to Marie-Madeleine-Josèphe de Cusacque, Marquise de Langeac, or her lover, Louis Phélypeaux, Comte de Saint-Florentin (1705-1777).
Recorded at the hôtel Langeac, Paris, following the death of the Marquise de Langeac in 1777.
Sold in her estate sale, 2 April 1778, lot 176 (for 1200 livres).
Acquired from Symons Gallery, New York, 1950s.
Literature
J-D. Augarde, Les Ouvriers du Temps, Geneva, 1996, p. 13, fig. 2.
Exhibited
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Northern European Clocks in New York Collections, 1972, cat. 74.
New York, Frick Collection, French Clocks in North American Collections, 1982, cat. 60, pp. 62-3.
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.
| Производитель: | Фарфоровый завод Мейсен (Meissen) | 
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| Техника исполнения: | Гончарное изделие | 
| Материал: | Керамика, Фарфор | 
| Место происхождения: | Западная Европа, Германия, Европа | 
| Категория аукционного дома: | Все остальные типы объектов, Часы - Интерьер | 
| Производитель: | Фарфоровый завод Мейсен (Meissen) | 
|---|---|
| Техника исполнения: | Гончарное изделие | 
| Материал: | Керамика, Фарфор | 
| Место происхождения: | Западная Европа, Германия, Европа | 
| Категория аукционного дома: | Все остальные типы объектов, Часы - Интерьер | 
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