Lot Essay
Pierre-François Ledoux, recorded on the rue St. André des Arts in 1758 and on the rue des Noyés in 1792.
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CIRCA 1770, BY LEDOUX
Details
A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS QUARTER STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
Circa 1770, by Ledoux
The circular enamel dial with Roman and Arabic chapters within a later glass barrel surmounted by a flaming urn hung with laurel swags, upon a faceted glass column flanked by scroll-cast handles hung with further laurl swags, on a shaped spreading base with Vitruvian scroll, stamped with inventory number 17353
17¼in. (44cm.) high
Circa 1770, by Ledoux
The circular enamel dial with Roman and Arabic chapters within a later glass barrel surmounted by a flaming urn hung with laurel swags, upon a faceted glass column flanked by scroll-cast handles hung with further laurl swags, on a shaped spreading base with Vitruvian scroll, stamped with inventory number 17353
17¼in. (44cm.) high
Provenance
Conde Nast.
With French and Company, 1931.
With French and Company, 1931.