A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CORNE VERTE BRACKET CLOCK

BY FRANÇOIS GOYER

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CORNE VERTE BRACKET CLOCK
By François Goyer
The enamel dial with Roman and Arabic chapters signed VENDEN BRUEL A LILLE, the glazed door with a maiden seated on foliage and the waisted case with urn finial issuing a floral bouquet, above scrolling and foliate feet on a tapering bracket centred by a foliate cabochon and terminating in a scallop-shell, stamped F.GOYER and JME , previously with a lock, partially remounted, restorations
14¼ in. (36 cm.) wide; 38 in. (96.5 cm.) high; 7 in. (18 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

François Goyer, maître in 1740.

A related bracket clock by Goyer from the collection of Sir Charles Clore [+] was sold at Christie's Monaco, 6 December 1985, lot 22, while a further model was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 26 November 1996, lot 279.

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