Lot 131
131
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU STRIKING 'LION CLOCK'
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU STRIKING 'LION CLOCK'

THE CASE AFTER A DESIGN BY FRANCOIS VION, THE MOVEMENT BY JEAN GABRIEL IMBERT L'AINE, PARIS, CIRCA 1775

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU STRIKING 'LION CLOCK'
THE CASE AFTER A DESIGN BY FRANCOIS VION, THE MOVEMENT BY JEAN GABRIEL IMBERT L'AINE, PARIS, CIRCA 1775
CASE: surmounted by an urn finial with berried laurel swags, the drum case flanked by scrollwork mounts and supported by a naturalistic lion, the ebonised rectangular plinth with ribbon-tied oak leaf branches flanked by medallions DIAL: the white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, signed Imbert L'AINÉ, pierced gilt-brass hands MOVEMENT: the twin barrel movement with pin wheel escapement, silk suspension and count wheel strike to bell, back plate signed IMBERT L'AINÉ A PARIS and numbered 2819
22 7/8 in. (58 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep
Provenance
From a private collection.

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Lot Essay

Jean-Gabriel Imbert, maître in 1776

Although the design for this clock can be closely related to that of François Vion, maître in 1764, (see drawing in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 193), it is nevertheless interesting to note that in Jean-Dominique Augarde's Les Ouvriers du Temps, a case of similar design is said to be by Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain (maître fondeur in 1748).

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
J-D. Augarde, Les Ouvriers du Temps, Geneva, 1996, p. 54
Tardy, French Clocks The World Over, Paris, 1981, vol. II, p. 17
H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, pp.192-193
P. Kjellberg, L'Encyclopédie de La Pendule Française, Paris, 1997, p. 278

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