Lot 4019 ♣ - ibid134 Furniture - online only - Tuesday, 04. April 2023, 01.00 PM
BOULLE PENDULUM CLOCK ON PLINTH
Régence / Louis XV, Paris ca. 1730/40. The dial and movement signed Jean Gautier(s) à Paris.
- Curved wooden case lined with tortoiseshell with brown underlay and brass designed as trailing flowers and tendrils and bouquets. Opulent bronze mounts designed as rocailles, scrolled leaves, and ram heads. The top decorated with Jupiter as a child and an eagle. The door bronze designed as a Chinese man playing music. Bronze dial in relief decorated with enamel cartouches. Movement with verge escapement and 1/2-hour strike on bell
55 × 28 × 135 cm.
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- Restored, needs to be restored.
- Various losses and cracks.
- Movement requires servicing.
Provenance:
- By inheritance, in the present private collection in Winterthur.
- Various losses and cracks.
- Movement requires servicing.
Provenance:
- By inheritance, in the present private collection in Winterthur.
CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)
Sold for CHF 3 125 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.