Lot Essay
Antoine Gaudron le pére recorded at rue Dauphine, Paris in 1675. His son Antoine III, recorded in Paris in 1691.
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CIRCA 1705
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**A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL AND BOULLE MARQUETRY MANTEL CLOCK (PENDULE RELIGIEUSE)**
Circa 1705
Decorated en première-partie with acanthus scrolls, the arched case surmounted by a cockerel, with glazed enamelled dial above a relief decorated with Venus and Cupid, the movement signed Gaudron A Paris, on bun feet, the case stamped R numerous times, with later shaped rectangular plinth with conforming decoration
27in. (68.5cm.) high (without plinth), 13in. (33cm.) wide, 5in. (12cm.) deep (without plinth)
Circa 1705
Decorated en première-partie with acanthus scrolls, the arched case surmounted by a cockerel, with glazed enamelled dial above a relief decorated with Venus and Cupid, the movement signed Gaudron A Paris, on bun feet, the case stamped R numerous times, with later shaped rectangular plinth with conforming decoration
27in. (68.5cm.) high (without plinth), 13in. (33cm.) wide, 5in. (12cm.) deep (without plinth)