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Lot 814 Dα

An important Parisian Louis XV ormolu pendulum clock

Auction 1131 - overview Cologne
17.05.2019, 10:30 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 12.400 € (incl. premium)
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An important Parisian Louis XV ormolu pendulum clock

White enamel dial with Roman hours, Arabic minutes, and openwork gilt hands. Large pendulum movement with thread suspension and half-hourly striking to a gong. A large, finely chased clock cast in several connected parts and depicting the rape of Europa. The dial signed "ETIENNE LENOIR A PARIS" (as of 1717, Tardy p. 376). Restored around one winding hole. H 45, W 35.5, D 22.5 cm.
Etienne Lenoir, ca. 1750 and later, the bronzes after a design by Robert Osmond.

Provenance

Private collection, Westphalia.

Literature

Several examples of Osmond's bronze design exist, some with a black bull, found among others in the Louvre, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, and the collection of Buckingham Palace in England. Cf.: Ottomeyer/Pröschel, Munich 1986, illus. 2.8.7. Cf. also: Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la pendule française, Paris 1997, unpaginated.