A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, TORTOISESHELL AND BRASS-INLAID MARQUETRY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
Lot 542

A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, TORTOISESHELL AND BRASS-INLAID MARQUETRY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK

DE LORME, PARIS, CIRCA 1710

Closed23 March 2017

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GBP 62,500

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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, TORTOISESHELL AND BRASS-INLAID MARQUETRY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
DE LORME, PARIS, CIRCA 1710
The case with the front door mounted with an allegory of Time, the dial with white enamel chapters, the movement signed De Lorme/a Paris; on bracket mounted with twin candelabra to the front angles, the mounts variously stamped with the 'C' couronné poinçon

The clock 46 ½ in. (118 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide; 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) deep
The bracket: 21 in. (53 cm.) high; 29 in. (71 cm.) wide; 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) deep

Collection de Monsieur Hubert de Givenchy; Christie's, Paris, 14 December 2004, lot 177.

Specialist note

Delorme, maître horloger in 1708.