Lot Essay
Giovanni Battista Vesperiani was one of the most famous makers of the Roman pendulum clock during the early 18th century.
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CIRCA 1720
Details
AN ITALIAN LATE BAROQUE ORMOLU-MOUNTED PALISSANDER, KINGWOOD AND EBONIZED MANTEL CLOCK
Circa 1720
The foliate-engraved face engraved SN set with a Roman and Arabic chapter ring, signed GIOBAT VESPERIANI, and pierced blued-steel hands surmounted by a lunar calandar in a semi-circular aperture, behind an arched glazed door, flanked by tapering pilasters surmounted by a frieze with foliate-scroll mounts srmounted by urns and a domed top set with a seated putto with a bow, on a molded base with scrolled shell feet, the later movement signed ADRIEN COMMUN/FABT. BTE S.G.D.G./PARIS/615, the putto probably Mid-18th century and associated
25¼in. (64cm.) high, 17¾in. (45cm.) wide, 8¼in. (20.5cm.) deep
Circa 1720
The foliate-engraved face engraved SN set with a Roman and Arabic chapter ring, signed GIOBAT VESPERIANI, and pierced blued-steel hands surmounted by a lunar calandar in a semi-circular aperture, behind an arched glazed door, flanked by tapering pilasters surmounted by a frieze with foliate-scroll mounts srmounted by urns and a domed top set with a seated putto with a bow, on a molded base with scrolled shell feet, the later movement signed ADRIEN COMMUN/FABT. BTE S.G.D.G./PARIS/615, the putto probably Mid-18th century and associated
25¼in. (64cm.) high, 17¾in. (45cm.) wide, 8¼in. (20.5cm.) deep
Sale room notice
Please note that the illustration for this lot is incorrectly labeled as lot 10. The catalogue description for lot 8 is the correct description for this lot.