Lot Essay
Louis-René Waltrin, maître in 1771
Property from the Collection of the late
DR. SALI GUGGENHEIM, ZURICH
(Lots 281-298)
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED VERNIS MARTIN AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED BRACKET CLOCK
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED VERNIS MARTIN AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED BRACKET CLOCK
Decorated with bérainesque chinoiserie scenes with grotesque beasts, the enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapters, inscribed WALTRIN. LE.. JEUNE. A. LUNEVILLE, the shaped door with pierced foliate spray surmounted by a seated chinoiserie figure and framed by pierced C-scrolls, on conforming feet, the tapering bracket with foliate angles and C-scroll finial, re-decorated, partly re-mounted, the back twice engraved B8, with customs stamp
42½in. (108cm.) high
Decorated with bérainesque chinoiserie scenes with grotesque beasts, the enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapters, inscribed WALTRIN. LE.. JEUNE. A. LUNEVILLE, the shaped door with pierced foliate spray surmounted by a seated chinoiserie figure and framed by pierced C-scrolls, on conforming feet, the tapering bracket with foliate angles and C-scroll finial, re-decorated, partly re-mounted, the back twice engraved B8, with customs stamp
42½in. (108cm.) high