An ormolu Louis XV style cartel clock - image-1

Lot 567 Dα

An ormolu Louis XV style cartel clock

Auction 1140 - overview Cologne
15.11.2019, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 2.480 € (incl. premium)

An ormolu Louis XV style cartel clock

Ormolu clock with white enamel dial and black Latin numerals, pierced gilt hands, domed glazing. 8-day movement with verge escapement. Engraved to the top "St. GERMAIN". Chips around the winding holes, the bell lost, the alarm defective. H ca. 51 cm.
The bronze Parisian, Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain, mid-18th C., the movement South German.

Literature

For more on Saint-Germain, see: Augarde, Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain (1719 - 1791) Bronzearbeiten zwischen Rocaille und Klassizistmus, in: Ottomeyer/Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. II, Munich 1986, p. 521 ff.