Lot 27
27
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK (PENDULE A L'ELEPHANT)
This lot has no reserve.
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK (PENDULE A L'ELEPHANT)

THE DIAL SIGNED GODEFROY A PARIS, THE MOVEMENT SIGNED CAILLY

Details
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK (PENDULE A L'ELEPHANT)
The dial signed GODEFROY A PARIS, the movement signed Cailly
The glazed enamelled dial within a red-japanned case surmounted by a monkey holding a parasol, supported on the back of an elephant, on a later scrolled, naturalistically modelled base with foliage, the dial signed Godefroy A Paris, with pierced backplate
15½in. (39.5cm.) high, 12¼in. (31cm.) wide, 7in. (18cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Ader, Picard, Tajan, Palais Galliera, Paris, 25 March 1969, lot 27.
Literature
J.-D. Augarde, Les Ouvriers du Temps, Paris, 1996, p.198, fig.159 (Collection D. Riahi).
F.M. Ricci, Quelques chefs-d'oeuvre de La Collection Djanguir Riahi, Paris, 2000, pp.205-9 (illustrated).

Exhibited
New York, Five Centuries of French History, 1939, no.187, p.68.
Special notice
This lot has no reserve.

Lot Essay

Cailly was active in Paris circa 1835-40.

JEAN-BAPTISTE GODEFROY

Jean-Baptiste Godefroy became horloger ordinaire du duc d'Orléans by licence on the 24 August 1739 and resigned in 1752, six years prior to his death. He appears to have worked almost exclusively as a watch specialist in the rue de Harley.

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