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A rare and exceptional violin-shaped carillon sconce in green horn veneer and gilt bronze. It is made up of three parts adorned with a large, finely chased, openwork and gilded bronze trim, in a Rocaille style with motifs of angle falls, gadrooned cartouches, burst grenades, lamp bases, scrolls and leafy counter-volutes. It features a figure of "Young Triton", marine god and messenger of the waves, seated on a sea horse and holding a pike in his left hand. The lower part of the front door is decorated with a scene evoking the fable of the crow and the fox. The movement, signed Terrot et Thuillier, master watchmakers in Geneva, is associated with a carillon mechanism. The bronze dial features twenty-four white-enameled cartouches, twelve with Roman numerals for the hours and twelve with Arabic numerals for the minutes. The openworked hands are in blued steel. Stamped: ST GERMAIN. Joseph de SAINT-GERMAIN. Cited Master, July 3, 1750. JME hallmark. Paris. Louis XV period. H_144 cm W_51 cm D_25 cm Mechanism operation. Full description to download: www.pba-auctions.com/uploads/File/Grandcartel-lot185.pdf

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A rare and exceptional violin-shaped carillon sconce in green horn veneer and gilt bronze. It is made up of three parts adorned with a large, finely chased, openwork and gilded bronze trim, in a Rocaille style with motifs of angle falls, gadrooned cartouches, burst grenades, lamp bases, scrolls and leafy counter-volutes. It features a figure of "Young Triton", marine god and messenger of the waves, seated on a sea horse and holding a pike in his left hand. The lower part of the front door is decorated with a scene evoking the fable of the crow and the fox. The movement, signed Terrot et Thuillier, master watchmakers in Geneva, is associated with a carillon mechanism. The bronze dial features twenty-four white-enameled cartouches, twelve with Roman numerals for the hours and twelve with Arabic numerals for the minutes. The openworked hands are in blued steel. Stamped: ST GERMAIN. Joseph de SAINT-GERMAIN. Cited Master, July 3, 1750. JME hallmark. Paris. Louis XV period. H_144 cm W_51 cm D_25 cm Mechanism operation. Full description to download: www.pba-auctions.com/uploads/File/Grandcartel-lot185.pdf

Estimate 15 000 - 20 000 EUR

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For sale on Friday 28 Jun : 14:00 (CEST)
beaune, France
Pierre Bergé & Associés
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