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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL AND EBONY 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY STRIKING PEDESTAL CLOCK
Lot 541

A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL AND EBONY 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY STRIKING PEDESTAL CLOCK

ANTOINE GAUDRON, PARIS, CIRCA 1700, THE CLOCK AFTER THE MODEL BY ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE

Closed23 March 2017

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GBP 35,000

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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL AND EBONY 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY STRIKING PEDESTAL CLOCK
ANTOINE GAUDRON, PARIS, CIRCA 1700, THE CLOCK AFTER THE MODEL BY ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE
The domed case surmounted by the figure of Chronos, the enamel dial with weight-driven movement, later Brocot escapement, numbered outside countwheel strike to bell, the backplate signed 'Gaudron A Paris'; on a conforming inlaid tapering pedestal terminating on later turned ebonised feet
The clock: 47 in. (119 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide; 10.4 in. (26.5 cm.) deep; the pedestal: 53 ¼ in. (135 cm.) high; 23 ¼ in. (59 cm.) wide; 11 in. (27.5 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 May 2015, lot 97.

Specialist note

The clock case design derives from an engraving by Jean Bérain depicting a mantel clock with similar overall form and harpy supports above a plinth base, is preserved in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes, Paris, and in the Bibliothèque Doucet, Paris (H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et. al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1989, vol. I, p. 48, fig. 1.5.1). See lot 171 for catalogue note.