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A LOUIS XV GREEN STAINED HORN STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK

MUSSON, PARIS, CIRCA 1750

Details

A LOUIS XV GREEN STAINED HORN STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
MUSSON, PARIS, CIRCA 1750
The foliate and floral cresting above an enameled and ormolu clock face, the case enriched with pierced scrollwork, the dial with individual enamel plaques and later blued steel hands, signed MUSSON/A PARIS, with labels 1988.10.16A-c, lacking pendulum
57 in. (145 cm.) high

Provenance

Bequest of Whitney Warren Jr. in memory of Mrs. Adolph Spreckels, 1988.

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Lot Essay

The signature on the dial of this clock probably refers to Pierre Musson, maître in 1746, and recorded at Place Dauphine from 1748 to 1756 (Tardy, Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français, Paris, p. 483; J.-D. Augarde, Les Ouvriers du Temps, Geneva, 1996, p. 381).

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