Lot Essay
Jean-Louis Hipolitte Landin was apprenticed in Paris in 1782. The present unusual model unifies two popular late Louis XVI clock designs, the obelisk and the portico.
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JEAN-LOUIS HIPOLITTE LANDIN, PARIS, CIRCA 1790
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A LARGE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE STRIKING OBELISK PORTICO CLOCK
JEAN-LOUIS HIPOLITTE LANDIN, PARIS, CIRCA 1790
CASE: of obelisk form, with scroll and laurel leaf mounts and topped by an eagle, flanked by two pairs of columns, each with balustraded galleries and flowering urns, chains suspended between, the base with mask and lion pelt mounts, on toupie feet and further plinth DIAL: white enamel, with inner date ring, signed 'Landin/A PARIS', ormolu main hands, blued steel date hand MOVEMENT: silk suspension to anchor escapement, countwheel strike on bell; pendulum, winding key
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 21 in. (53 cm.) wide; 5¼ in. (13 cm.) deep
JEAN-LOUIS HIPOLITTE LANDIN, PARIS, CIRCA 1790
CASE: of obelisk form, with scroll and laurel leaf mounts and topped by an eagle, flanked by two pairs of columns, each with balustraded galleries and flowering urns, chains suspended between, the base with mask and lion pelt mounts, on toupie feet and further plinth DIAL: white enamel, with inner date ring, signed 'Landin/A PARIS', ormolu main hands, blued steel date hand MOVEMENT: silk suspension to anchor escapement, countwheel strike on bell; pendulum, winding key
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 21 in. (53 cm.) wide; 5¼ in. (13 cm.) deep
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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Giles Forster
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