Null Marble and gilt bronze clock 

Louis XVI period, circa 1780, after a model …
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Marble and gilt bronze clock Louis XVI period, circa 1780, after a model made in 1775 by the Bronzier Brécourt flanked by two dolphins and surmounted by a gushing fountain, the enamelled dial, the index with Roman and Arabic numerals, signed Le MONTJOYE / A PARIS. After a model made in 1775 by the bronze maker Brécourt. Height 45,5 cm, width 22,5 cm, depth 19 cm Related literature : P. Kjellberg, " Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française du Moyen-Âge au XXe siècle ", Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1997, p. 214 fig. A. H. Ottomeyer, P. Proschel et al. "Vergoldete Bronzen", Munich, 1986, Vol. I, p. 196, fig. 3.13.3. Catalog note Our model is similar to other known examples in the Château de la Fasanerie, near the town of Fulda, Germany, and in the Château de Fontainebleau. A magnificent example in Sèvres blue porcelain and gilt bronze, delivered around 1775 for the Cabinet des Bains of Louis XVI at Versailles, sold at Christie's London, Exceptional Sale, on July 4, 2013, lot 22.

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Marble and gilt bronze clock Louis XVI period, circa 1780, after a model made in 1775 by the Bronzier Brécourt flanked by two dolphins and surmounted by a gushing fountain, the enamelled dial, the index with Roman and Arabic numerals, signed Le MONTJOYE / A PARIS. After a model made in 1775 by the bronze maker Brécourt. Height 45,5 cm, width 22,5 cm, depth 19 cm Related literature : P. Kjellberg, " Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française du Moyen-Âge au XXe siècle ", Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1997, p. 214 fig. A. H. Ottomeyer, P. Proschel et al. "Vergoldete Bronzen", Munich, 1986, Vol. I, p. 196, fig. 3.13.3. Catalog note Our model is similar to other known examples in the Château de la Fasanerie, near the town of Fulda, Germany, and in the Château de Fontainebleau. A magnificent example in Sèvres blue porcelain and gilt bronze, delivered around 1775 for the Cabinet des Bains of Louis XVI at Versailles, sold at Christie's London, Exceptional Sale, on July 4, 2013, lot 22.

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