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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK

VIGER, PARIS, CIRCA 1770

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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
VIGER, PARIS, CIRCA 1770
The case representing the Sciences with celestial globe and sundial, the fluted pedestal flanked by a seated putto with scroll and pen, on a rectangular raised plinth with guilloche banding and outset foliate corners, the white enamel dial, signed 'VIGER A PARIS', with Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, pierced gilt hands and regulation arbor, the twin barrel movement with verge escapement, silk suspension, numbered countwheel to backplate and strike to bell, the backplate engraved 'Viger A Paris No. 1213'
12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm.) high; 12 1/4 in. (31 cm.) wide; 5 in. (12.7 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 31 October 2006, lot 265.

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Lot Essay


François Viger (c. 1708-1784) was maître in 1744. Viger used clock cases by Saint-Germain, the Osmonds, the Caffièris, Bonnet and Morlay. A further example of this model at Fontainebleau, signed by Lepaute, is illustrated in J.P. Samoyault, Pendules et Bronzes d'Ameublement entres sous le Premier Empire - Fontainebleau, Paris, 1989, p. 46, no. 1.

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