A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK

THE MOVEMENT BY TAVERNIER, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK
THE MOVEMENT BY TAVERNIER, MID-18TH CENTURY
The circular white enamel dial dial and mount signed 'TAVERNIER A PARIS', within an asymmetrical C-scroll and foliate-cast case surmounted by a bird and hung with floral garlands and scrolling oak leaf
32 in. (82 cm.) high; 17 in. (43 cm.) wide
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This lot is offered without reserve. VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

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Jean-Pierre Tavernier, maître in 1746.

The clock-case cartouche, with its flower-festooned serpentined and asymetrical ribbon-scrolls of Roman foliage entwined with oak, emblematic of hospitality, epitomises the Louis XV 'picturesque' style introduced by Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (d.1750) and relates to a wall-panel clock illustrated in G. Huquier's publication of his Oeuvres.

An identical clock, the movement by Fortin à Paris, was sold by Baroness von Harinxma thoe Slooten-Scheiius De Merthenberg Arnhem, Christies Amsterdam, 20/21 December 1990, lot 165, while another signed Noel Baltazard (d.1786), was sold at Christie's Edinburgh, 23 May 1996, lot 34.