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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
Lot 554

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK

CIRCA 1765, THE MOVEMENT BY MOISY, PARIS, THE CASE POSSIBLY BY JEAN-JOSEPH DE SAINT-GERMAIN, AFTER A DESIGN BY ANTOINE FOULLET

Closed23 March 2017

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
CIRCA 1765, THE MOVEMENT BY MOISY, PARIS, THE CASE POSSIBLY BY JEAN-JOSEPH DE SAINT-GERMAIN, AFTER A DESIGN BY ANTOINE FOULLET
The case with Urania, formerly with musical movement to base, the later white enamel dial signed 'STOLLEWERCK / A PARIS', the twin barrel with later Brocot escapement and countwheel strike to bell, the backplate signed 'Moisy à Paris no. 719'
18 in. (45.7 cm.) high; 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) wide; 8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) deep

The property of a Nobleman; Christie's, London, 9 December 2004, lot 58.

Specialist note

This clock is closely related to a sketch dated circa 1760 by ébéniste Pierre-Antoine Foullet now in the Bibliothèque Doucet, Paris. Describing the model as a Piece de Bureau costing 341 livres, this sketch is one of the earliest documented neo-classical designs. (H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol. I, Munich, 1986, p. 162, fig. 3.3.6).
A clock of this model was supplied circa 1765 for the chambre du lit of the duc de Choiseul's hôtel, where it is depicted on the cover of the Choiseul golden box, painted by Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe, circa 1770. A similar model with fluted base is signed by ciseleur-doreur Jean-Joseph de Saint Germain and dated 1769.