A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK

CIRCA 1775, SIGNED OSMOND

Details
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
Circa 1775, signed OSMOND
With circular enamelled dial with calendar hand signed TAVERNIER A PARIS, the movement also signed, of vase form surmounted by a fruiting finial, on a later white marble base with turned feet
19in.(48cm.) high, 11in.(28cm.) wide
Provenance
Sold Christie's New York, 26 April 1990, lot 9

Lot Essay

Jean-Pierre Tavernier, maître in 1746.

This clock was made by the bronzier Osmond based on a drawing in a book by an unknown 18th Century clockmaker. This drawing, no. 50, is annotated modèle d'Osmond et coutant une fois doré 300 livres.