Lot 139
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU, POLYCHROME-DECORATED VERNIS MARTIN AND PORCELAIN STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU, POLYCHROME-DECORATED VERNIS MARTIN AND PORCELAIN STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU, POLYCHROME-DECORATED VERNIS MARTIN AND PORCELAIN STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
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These lots have been imported from outside the EU … Read more Ancienne Collection de Monsieur et Madame Djahanguir Riahi (lots 135-141)
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU, POLYCHROME-DECORATED VERNIS MARTIN AND PORCELAIN STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK

THE ASSOCIATED MOVEMENT BY ETIENNE LE NOIR, PARIS, CIRCA 1750, THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO MARTIN FRERES

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU, POLYCHROME-DECORATED VERNIS MARTIN AND PORCELAIN STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
THE ASSOCIATED MOVEMENT BY ETIENNE LE NOIR, PARIS, CIRCA 1750, THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO MARTIN FRERES
CASE: the drum case supported by a magot figure and infant on a naturalistic ground with mostly French 18th century porcelain flowerheads and foliage overall, DIAL: the white enamel dial signed 'Etienne / LE NOIR' and signed by the enameller 'Bezelle' to the reverse, MOVEMENT: the twin barrel movement with numbered countwheel strike to bell and later converted with balance wheel lever escapement, further signed to the backplate 'Ene. Le noir a paris'
9 ¼ in. (24 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide; 4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) deep
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
E. Niehüser, French Bronze Clocks, Munich, 1999, p. 202.
J.-D. Augarde, les Ouvriers du Temps, Paris, 1996, p. 180, fig. 144 (collection D. Riahi).
T. Wolvesperges, 'A propos d'une pendule aux magots en vernis Martin du musée du Louvre provenant de la collection Grog-Carven', Revue du Louvre, 4 October 2001, pp. 66-78.
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Lot Essay

Etienne II Lenoir (1699-1778), established his workshop in 1717. His son Pierre Etienne joined him from 1750 and they succeeded in building a considerable fortune.

Related clocks with lacquered figures attributed to Martin Frères include: An identical clock with a movement also by Le Noir but with a pull mechanism, which was almost certainly supplied to Prince Charles de Lorraine and was sold in the collection of Magnificent French Furniture formerly in the Collection of Monsieur and Madame Riahi at Christie's, New York, 2 November 2000, lot 8 ($303,000); One in the Louvre Museum, from the Grog-Carven Collection, with movement by Pierre Le Roy; One sold Christie's, New York, An American Dynasty: The Clark Family Treasures, 18 June 2014, lot 115 ($137,000); One from the Collection of Martin Alexander, sold Christie's, New York, 30 April 1999, lot 35 and subsequently sold anonymously at Christie's, New York, 20 April 2007, lot 154 ($168,000); One, part of a garniture including a pair of candelabra, with movement by Thiot, sold from the Collection of Jaime Ortiz Patiõ, Sotheby's, New York, 20 May 1992, lot 7 ($319,000).

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