A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU STRIKING CARTEL CLOCK
Lot 571

A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU STRIKING CARTEL CLOCK

GUDIN, PARIS, CIRCA 1770

Closed23 March 2017

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GBP 21,250

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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU STRIKING CARTEL CLOCK
GUDIN, PARIS, CIRCA 1770
The case surmounted by a female figure emblematic of Geography, the white enamel dial signed 'GUDIN A PARIS', the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike to bell
37 in. (94 cm.) high; 20 ¼ in. (51.5 cm.) wide; 6 ¾ in. (17.2 cm.) deep

The Property of The Hon. Lady Hope, Pinkie House, Musselburgh, Midlothian; Sotheby's, 11 May 1928, lot 155.
Galerie Seligmann, Place Vendôme, Paris, in 1977.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Paris, 29 March 2007, lot 56.

Specialist note

Probably Jacques-Jérôme Gudin (1732-1789), Ouvrier libre, maître 1762.