MID-18TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT BY JEAN ARSANDAUX

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK
MID-18TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT BY JEAN ARSANDAUX
The glazed white-enameled circular dial with Roman and Arabic numerals and single-barrel movement signed 'Arsandaux A PARIS', within a pierced scroll-cast case, headed by a pierced finial and flanked by sprays of flowers, terminating in a foliate boss, the movement possibly associated and originally probably with a sonnerie movement
21 in. (53 cm.) high; 12½ in. (32 cm.) wide

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

Jean Arsandaux, maître horloger in 1727.
This cartel clock illustrates the transition between the rococo of the Louis XV style and the neo-classical of the Louis XVI style. The present lot highlights the appearance of symmetry in the neo-classical fashion, which gives this clock a more ordered design.
Closely related clocks were sold Drouot, Paris, 7 March 1994, lot 73 and Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 11 April 2005, lot 56.

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