Lot Essay
Jean Goyer, maître in 1760.
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THE CASE BY JEAN GOYER
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK
The case by Jean Goyer
Mounted overall with scrolling acanthus leaves, the glazed circular white enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapters in a shaped case, surmounted by a cockerel on a cloud surmounted by sunbursts, the waisted upper section with a hinged panelled door with a shaped glaed panel and headed by asymetrical scrolling rockwork, inlaid with a musical trophy, the spreading lower section inlaid with flowers, centred by scrolling floral rockwork above a foliated mask, on a moulded shaped plinth with a shaped apron stamped 'JME' and faintly 'GOYER, restorations to marquetry, replacements to brass strips
93 in. (236 cm.) high; 21½ in. (54.5 cm.) wide; 12½ in. (32 cm.) wide
The case by Jean Goyer
Mounted overall with scrolling acanthus leaves, the glazed circular white enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapters in a shaped case, surmounted by a cockerel on a cloud surmounted by sunbursts, the waisted upper section with a hinged panelled door with a shaped glaed panel and headed by asymetrical scrolling rockwork, inlaid with a musical trophy, the spreading lower section inlaid with flowers, centred by scrolling floral rockwork above a foliated mask, on a moulded shaped plinth with a shaped apron stamped 'JME' and faintly 'GOYER, restorations to marquetry, replacements to brass strips
93 in. (236 cm.) high; 21½ in. (54.5 cm.) wide; 12½ in. (32 cm.) wide
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.