A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY QUARTER-STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK AND PEDESTAL

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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND EBONY QUARTER-STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK AND PEDESTAL

THE MOVEMENT JACQUES CLOUZIER, PARIS, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE LATE LOUIS XV PEDESTAL ASSOCIATED AND EMBELLISHED IN THE 19TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND EBONY QUARTER-STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK AND PEDESTAL
THE MOVEMENT JACQUES CLOUZIER, PARIS, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE LATE LOUIS XV PEDESTAL ASSOCIATED AND EMBELLISHED IN THE 19TH CENTURY
The enamel dial with cartouche signed 'CLOUZIER A PARIS' below, the three train movement with verge escapement and silk suspension, countwheel strike to hour ball and countwheel strike to two quarter bells, the backplate signed 'Clouzier A Paris' the tapering pedestal with door, the rear of the clock door with ivory banding
The clock: 43 in. (109.2 cm.) high; 21 in. (53.3 cm.) wide; 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) deep
The pedestal: 53 in. (134.6 cm.) high; 24 ½ in. (62.2 cm.) wide; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Probably acquired in Paris by Simon Harcourt (1714-1777), whilst Ambassador to Paris 1768-1772, thence by family descent.
The Property of the Harcourt family; sold Sotheby's, London, 11 June 2003, lot 85.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 July 2008, lot 134.

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Please note this lot should have been marked with a CITES symbol in the printed catalogue as the clock includes tortoiseshell veneer and ivory banding. All items which include CITES materials are subject to country-specific import and export laws and it is the reasonability of the purchaser to check these restrictions before purchasing.

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Lot Essay

Jacques Clouzier, maître 1692, Rue St.-Antoine, 1726, rue des Prêtres St. Paul, 1748.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Arnout Père, Lithographs Décorations intérieures style Louis XIV composées par Jean Berain, published, Paris, 1964, pl. 13.
The pedestal of the present clock is closely related to a design by Jean Berain of circa 1650.
Alvar González-Palacios, Il Patrimonio artistico del Quirinale, Gli Arredi Francesi, Milan, 1985, pp. 81/82, shows two clock cases with the same reclining female with pelican.
The Metropolitian Museum of Art Bulletin, Spring 1989, 'French Decorative Arts during the reign of Louis XIV 1654-1715', p. 16.

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