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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, TORTOISESHELL AND BRASS-INLAID 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
Lot 154

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, TORTOISESHELL AND BRASS-INLAID 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK

JEAN-CLAUDE FIEFFE LE JEUNE, PARIS, MID-18TH CENTURY, THE BRACKET BY DESGODETS

Closed23 March 2017

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, TORTOISESHELL AND BRASS-INLAID 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
JEAN-CLAUDE FIEFFE LE JEUNE, PARIS, MID-18TH CENTURY, THE BRACKET BY DESGODETS
The case with dragon finial, the dial signed 'FIEFFE LE JEUNE / A PARIS', the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike to bell; together with a bracket signed 'DESGODETS JME'
The clock 36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 18 in. (45.7 cm.) wide; 6 ¾ in. (17.1 cm.) deep; the bracket 15 in. (38 cm.) high; 18 in. (45.7 cm.) wide; 9 in. (22.9 cm.) deep; 50 in. (127 cm.) high overall

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 16 December 2002, lot 218.

Specialist note

Jean-Claude Fieffé (Le Jeune), maître in 1758.
Claude-Joseph Desgodets, reçu maître en 1749, produced clock cases. In 1745 he filed a complaint against his competitor J. Goyer whom he accused of having stolen his models.