A Parisian Louis XV ormolu pendulum clock - image-1

Lot 579 Dα

A Parisian Louis XV ormolu pendulum clock

Auction 1086 - overview Cologne
19.05.2017, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 3.224 € (incl. premium)

A Parisian Louis XV ormolu pendulum clock

Glazed white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, openwork gilt hands, rectangular pendulum movement, 14-day running with thread suspension. Surmounted by finely chased models of a dragon and an eagle. The dial signed "LE FAUCHEUR A PARIS" (Alexandre Lefaucheur, Horloger du Roi from 1746, Tardy p. 361). H 41, W 19, D 18 cm.
Alexandre Lefaucheur, mid-18th C.

Provenance

Belgian private collection.

Literature

The model in: Niehüser, Die französische Bronzeuhr, Munich 1997, no. 15. Cf. also a cartel clock with an identical finial in: Kjellberg, Encyklopédie de la pendule française, Paris 1997, unpaginated.