Lot Essay
Louis Lieutaud is recorded in Marseilles from 1730-32.
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CIRCA 1755, SIGNED LIEUTAUDMARSEILLE
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONIZED BRACKET CLOCK
Circa 1755, Signed LieutaudMarseille
The circular enamel and ormolu dial with Roman and Arabic chapters, the movement rel-going with silk-suspended pendulum and strike on the hour and half hour on a bell, within a glazed case mounted with rocaille scrolls, flowering vines and strapwork, surmounted by a seated infant with arm raised and holding a dove with the other hands, on Greek-key feet with pomegranite finials, on a similarly decorated waisted bracket
48in. (126.5cm.) high overall, 18in. (47.5cm.) wide, 9½in. (25cm.) deep
Circa 1755, Signed LieutaudMarseille
The circular enamel and ormolu dial with Roman and Arabic chapters, the movement rel-going with silk-suspended pendulum and strike on the hour and half hour on a bell, within a glazed case mounted with rocaille scrolls, flowering vines and strapwork, surmounted by a seated infant with arm raised and holding a dove with the other hands, on Greek-key feet with pomegranite finials, on a similarly decorated waisted bracket
48in. (126.5cm.) high overall, 18in. (47.5cm.) wide, 9½in. (25cm.) deep