THE CASE BY SAINT-GERMAIN, THE MOVEMENT BY HENRY PADEVAL, MID-18TH CENTURY, THE BASE ASSOCIATED

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
THE CASE BY SAINT-GERMAIN, THE MOVEMENT BY HENRY PADEVAL, MID-18TH CENTURY, THE BASE ASSOCIATED
The circular white enamelled dial and movement signed 'Henry Padeval à Paris', the asymmetrically-cast case decorated with floral sprays and rocaille, on scrolling foliate edged feet, the conforming base cast with rockwork and scrolls, stamped 'SAINT-GERMAIN', the reverse of the door with dotted inscription 'M.F.'
24 in. (61 cm.) high; 20 in. (51 cm.) wide; 11.5 in. (29 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Henry Padeval, maître horloger in 1740.
Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain, maître bronzier in 1748.

Saint-Germain (1719-1791), son of the maître ébéniste Joseph de Saint-Germain, became one of the famed bronziers of the 18th century. He is recorded in the Almanach Général des Marchands in 1749 at the rue Saint-Nicolas in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine and was still working there in 1782.

A virtually identical clock also stamped by Saint-Germain and signed 'HENRY PADEVAL A PARIS' was sold, Christie's, London, 2 October 1991, lot 68, and a comparable clock also stamped by this bronzier was sold, Sotheby's, Paris, 9 December 2005, lot 66.

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