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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU STRIKING CARTEL CLOCK
Lot 76

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU STRIKING CARTEL CLOCK

CAUSARD, PARIS, CIRCA 1750

Closed23 March 2017

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GBP 32,500

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU STRIKING CARTEL CLOCK
CAUSARD, PARIS, CIRCA 1750
The enamel dial signed 'CAUSARD H.ER. DU ROY./ SUIU.T. LA COUR', the twin barrel movement with later regulation, countwheel strike to two bells
44 in. (111.8 cm.) high; 27 in (69.6 cm.) wide; 9 ½ in. (24.1 cm.) deep

The Alberto Bruni Tedeschi Collection; sold Sotheby's, London, 22 March 2007, lot 84.

Specialist note

Almost certainly by Edme-Jean Causard (1720-1780). Ouvrier libre and horloger privilégié du Roi.
The clock case represents Night and Day. Two similar cartel clocks are illustrated in P. Kjellberg, L'Encyclopédie de La Pendule Francaise, Paris, 1997, p. 103, figs. C & D.