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A Louis XV Ormolu Cartel Clock Circa 1755, the case stamped St Germain
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
Jean-Joseph de Saint Germain, maître in 1748
- height 13in.; width 10in.
- (33cm; 25.4cm)
the enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, the movement signed Moily A Paris IV-536 with pull repeat set within a cartouche-shaped case cast with rocaille and flowerheads above a musical trophy.
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, December 13, 2003, lot 71
Catalogue Note
Jean Moisy, maitre in 1753, delivered movements to the marchand-mercier Lazare-Duvaux.
A comparable example by St. Germain, the movement signed Noel Baltazar A Paris is in the Musée des Arts Décoratif, Paris, see Ottomeyer, Prötschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1989, p. 117. pl. 2.5.13.