A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
Lot 8

A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK

BY JACQUES JAVELOT, CIRCA 1760-1770

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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
BY JACQUES JAVELOT, CIRCA 1760-1770
Conceived as a pomegranate issuing from foliage, the white enamel Roman dial above a rectangular spreading plinth with fluted and acanthus-cast stepped rim and on circular feet, with two labels from 'A. Couto' one inscribed '9856', the twin-barrel movement with silk-suspended pendulum, strike on a bell via a calibrated countwheel on a backplate signed JAVELOT APARIS
14 in. (36 cm.) high

With A. Couto.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 1 July 1966, lot 51.

Note du spécialiste

Jacques Javelot flourished in the rue des Saintes Pères 1772-83.

A clock of this model, but with dial by Lepaute, was sold at Sotheby's London, 14 February 1964, lot 42.

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