A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
Lot 54

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK

THE CASE BY LEONARD BOUDIN, THE MOVEMENT SIGNED DE HEMANT, PARIS, CIRCA 1760, THE MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY

Closed23 March 2017

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GBP 35,000

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
THE CASE BY LEONARD BOUDIN, THE MOVEMENT SIGNED DE HEMANT, PARIS, CIRCA 1760, THE MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY
The case of serpentine outline, signed 'L. Boudin', the dial with moon phase, calendar aperture, secondary ring and opening 'Bissextile', the two train movement with adaptations and losses, dead-beat escapement, rope drive and countwheel strike to bell, the lower section of the plate signed 'DEHEMANT A PARIS'
92 ½ in. (235 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 4 December 1980, lot 78.
A Swiss Private Collection; sold Koller, Zurich, 13-17 March 2008, lot 1203.

Specialist note

Léonard Boudin maître in 1761.
Charles-Nicolas de Hemant (1728-1789), maître 1750.