Lot 92
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THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
AN EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL BRACKET CLOCK, the glazed enamel-set dial with Roman and Arabic chapters signed J. BTE. BAILLON A PARIS, in arched case with gadrooned rim, scrolling foliage and volutes, centred by a group of Juno and a musician putto on splayed bracket feet headed by plumed espagnolette-mask and surmounted by a putto on a domed scrolling foliate base, the bracket with circular brass-inlaid medallions, the asymmetrical central cartouche issuing a central chimera, between cartouche-shaped angles above a gadrooned, scrolling rockwork boss, with label to the reverse SOLD... TOWN & EMANUEL'S Repository of Arts 103 New Bond Street London and at Paris, restored and partially re-mounted in England in the early 19th Century by Town and Emanuel

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AN EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL BRACKET CLOCK, the glazed enamel-set dial with Roman and Arabic chapters signed J. BTE. BAILLON A PARIS, in arched case with gadrooned rim, scrolling foliage and volutes, centred by a group of Juno and a musician putto on splayed bracket feet headed by plumed espagnolette-mask and surmounted by a putto on a domed scrolling foliate base, the bracket with circular brass-inlaid medallions, the asymmetrical central cartouche issuing a central chimera, between cartouche-shaped angles above a gadrooned, scrolling rockwork boss, with label to the reverse SOLD... TOWN & EMANUEL'S Repository of Arts 103 New Bond Street London and at Paris, restored and partially re-mounted in England in the early 19th Century by Town and Emanuel
20in. (51cm.) wide; 50½in.(128.5cm.) high; 12in. (31.5cm.) deep

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Jean-Baptiste Albert Baillon , Fils de Maître in 1727

Town and Emanuel, dealers in & manufacturers of antique furniture, curiosities, & pictures, of 103 New Bond Street, flourished from 1830 until the sale of their Magnificent and Extensive Stock by Christie's on 19 April, 1849. Like their contemporary Edward Holmes Baldock (d. 1854). Town and Emanuel were instrumental in the 'Buhl' revival, both manufacturing and dealing in French objets, bronze d'ameublement and case furniture in the tradition of the marchand-merciers, counting the Duke of Buccleuch, the 3rd Lord Braybrooke and the Duke of Buckingham amongst their principal patrons

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