PROPERTY OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND (LOTS 455-474)

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED, PATINATED BRONZE AND MARBLE 'PENDULE A L'ETUDE'

LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE DIAL AND MOVEMENT LATER

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED, PATINATED BRONZE AND MARBLE 'PENDULE A L'ETUDE'
LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE DIAL AND MOVEMENT LATER
With circular enameled dial signed 'WIART A PARIS' flanked by seated Classical figures reading above a shaped plinth mounted with a figural plaque and scrolling foliage, replacements to mounts, the works with red French & Co. inventory number '50509', lacking eagle on cresting
19 in. (48 cm.) high, 26½ in. (66 cm.) wide

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The two seated figures derive from the models of L'Etude and la Philosophie created for the Sèvres factory by Louis-Simon Boizot in 1780. The design is believed to have derived from one by Dominique Daguerre who commissioned the bronzier François Rémond to execute it in bronze circa 1783. In 1788 Daguerre delivered two of these clocks to Louis XVI for the Château de St. Cloud (P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1987, p. 322).