LEPAUTE, PARIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Details

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
LEPAUTE, PARIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The case shaped as a wine barrel, adorned with bacchic male and female satyrs, the rockwork base with vines, ewer, a tambourine and pipes, the shaped plinth with relief panels of further bacchic scenes in the manner of Clodion, raised on toupie feet, the white enamel dial, signed Lepaute / HGER. DU ROI, with Arabic hours and five minutes, pierced gilt hands and blued steel seconds hand, the twin barrel movement with pin-wheel escapement mounted to the backplate, later brocot regulation and countwheel strike to bell
21 in. (50.8 cm.) high; 23 1/4 in. (59 cm.) wide; 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) deep

Provenance

With Pietro Accorsi, Turin (according to paper label).
The Alberto Bruni Tedeschi Collection; Sotheby's, London, 21 March 2007, lot 133.

Special notice

Following the auction, this lot will be stored at Crozier Park Royal and will be available for collection from 12.00pm on the second business day after the sale. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Crozier Park Royal. All collections from Crozier Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only. Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 I Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

The signature to the present clock 'Lepaute, Horlogier du Roi' is found on clocks from 1750, when the company was under the stewardship of Jean-André and Jean-Baptiste Lepaute and continued under J. B. Lepaute and his nephews Pierre-Basile Lepaute and Pierre Henry until 1792.

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