Pendule au taureau en bronze doré et patiné d'époque Louis XV, le cadran et le mouvement signés CAUSARD HGR DU ROY / SUIVT LA COUR

le cadran à chiffres romains et arabes dans une boîte surmontée d'un héron et d'un chien et portée par un taureau, sur une base rocaille

Illustration is quite accurate despite slightly too dark. The gilding has been cleaned. The model is attractive and in a good well-restored condition.
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Ce modèle de pendule au taureau ne fut fabriqué qu'à très peu d'exemplaires. A notre connaissance nous ne connaissons que quatre autres pendules de ce modèle :

- Vente Christie's Monaco, le 15 décembre 1996, lot 44, le cadran à quantièmes signé de Jean-Baptiste Baillon

- Vente Sotheby's New York, le 6 Novembre 1982, lot 40

- Vente Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Ader le 21 mai 1957

- Collection Kraemer, vente Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, le 5 mai 1913, lot 99