A fine Louis XV ormolu striking mantel clock, the elaborate scrolling foliate case stamped ST GERMAIN with cream enamel dial signed Henry Padeval A Paris with pierced and chased hands, twin going barrel movement with later anchor escapement and outside countwheel strike on bell on similarly signed backplate

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A fine Louis XV ormolu striking mantel clock, the elaborate scrolling foliate case stamped ST GERMAIN with cream enamel dial signed Henry Padeval A Paris with pierced and chased hands, twin going barrel movement with later anchor escapement and outside countwheel strike on bell on similarly signed backplate
22in. (56cm.) high

Lot Essay

The stamp is that of Jean-Joseph de Saint Germain, bronzier and son of the ébaniste Joseph de Saint Germain. He is recorded in the Almanach Général des Marchands in 1749 at the Rue Saint Nicholas, Faubourg Saint-Antoine and was still there in 1722. A number of clock-cases and brackets, mostly of rococo style and stamped ST GERMAIN are recorded, including two in the Getty Museum. Cf. G. Wilson, French Eighteenth Century Clocks in the Getty Museum, 1976, p.45.

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