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Louis Mynuel, maître horloger privilégé suivant la Cour, active in Paris circa 1720.
This superb clock, with its winged putto surmounting the lyre and foliate cast case and enameled dial, recalls the work of Charles Cressent (1685-1768). Son of the sculpteur du Roi, François Cressent, he trained as a sculptor and was elected maître sculpteur of the Saint-Luc Académie on August 14, 1714. In 1719, Cressent married the widow of the cabinet-maker Joseph Poitou, and thus gained access to the cabinet-making trade. Shortly after, he was appointed ébéniste ordinaire des palais de SAR Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans, Régent du royaume. Cressent's workshop was renowned for the high quality of both its bronzes and cabinet work, particularly the sculptural nature of the ormolu mounts.
An almost identical clock, surmounted by Father Time, sold Sotheby's Zurich, 30 May 2000, lot 85.
This superb clock, with its winged putto surmounting the lyre and foliate cast case and enameled dial, recalls the work of Charles Cressent (1685-1768). Son of the sculpteur du Roi, François Cressent, he trained as a sculptor and was elected maître sculpteur of the Saint-Luc Académie on August 14, 1714. In 1719, Cressent married the widow of the cabinet-maker Joseph Poitou, and thus gained access to the cabinet-making trade. Shortly after, he was appointed ébéniste ordinaire des palais de SAR Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans, Régent du royaume. Cressent's workshop was renowned for the high quality of both its bronzes and cabinet work, particularly the sculptural nature of the ormolu mounts.
An almost identical clock, surmounted by Father Time, sold Sotheby's Zurich, 30 May 2000, lot 85.