PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DEANE F. JOHNSON SOLD TO BENEFIT THE JOHNSON CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST AND THE DEANE F. JOHNSON ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION (LOTS 1051-1130)
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU CLOCK
THE DIAL SIGNED PICHON A PARIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU CLOCK
THE DIAL SIGNED PICHON A PARIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The circular case with reeded sides and cove-molded and beaded surround to a central enamelled dial with Arabic chapter ring, with single barrel timepiece movement with later Brocart type suspension, pull wind quarter repeat on bell with two hammers, the whole suspended from a twist-cast ring with a ribbon-tied bow-knot issuing roses, flowers and oak leaf branches, the movement possibly associated
10½ in. (26.5 cm.) high
Provenance
with Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York 1960.
Lot Essay
Pichon is recorded in the rue de Roule circa 1800.
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