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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
Lot 3

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK

THE CASE STAMPED ST. GERMAIN, THE DIAL SIGNED JEAN-BAPTISTE BAILLON, CIRCA 1745, THE BASE LATER AND PROBABLY REPLACING A BRACKET

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
THE CASE STAMPED ST. GERMAIN, THE DIAL SIGNED JEAN-BAPTISTE BAILLON, CIRCA 1745, THE BASE LATER AND PROBABLY REPLACING A BRACKET
The white enameled dial with Roman chapters and Arabic minutes within a scrolled asymmetrical case flanked by flowering acanthus, the canted pedestal top surmounted by a baby Juno embracing a peacock among the clouds, a shepherd's trophy beneath the dial, scrolled feet atop a rocky scrolled bracket base, the movement signed 'J.B. Baillon À Paris / No. 4252'
21 in. (53.3 cm.) high, 13 in. (33 cm.) wide, 8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm.) deep

Property from the Estate of Edward A. Bragaline; Christie's, New York, 24 May 2000, lot 376.

Specialist note

Joseph de St. Germain, mâitre in 1748.

Jean-Baptsite III Albert Baillon became a maître in 1727 and succeeded as Valet de Chambre-Horloger Ordinaire and Premier Valet de Chambre to both Queen Marie Leczinska and the dauphine Marie-Antoinette. With a large workshop in Saint-German-en-Laye he was one of the most important and wealthy clockmakers of the 18th century.
A virtually identical clock, the case stamped Jean-Joseph De St. German (1719-91, maître in 1748), but surmounted by lovebirds is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopedie De La Pendule Française Due Moyeu-Age Au XX Siecle, Paris, 1997, p. 112, fig. A.