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Lot Essay
This clock model derives from a drawing in a catalogue produced by François Rémond (maître doreur in 1744), circa 1785, which incorporates figures designed and supplied to the Sèvres factory for reproduction in biscuit porcelain by the sculptor Simon-Louis Boizot. Rémond was one of the most celebrated ciseleurs-doreurs during the reign of Louis XVI and counted amongst his distinguished clientele the comte d'Artois and the Princesse Kinsky. Between February 1784 and October 1787, Rémond sold at least thirty-two versions of this model to Dominique Daguerre. In 1788 Daguerre delivered three of these clocks, with movements by Sotiau, to Louis XVI at the château de Saint-Cloud.
Three virtually identical clocks are in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace. (C. Jagger, Royal Clocks - The British Monarchy and its Timekeepers 1300 - 1900, London, 1983, pp. 154-155).
Examples in white marble include those sold from the Wildenstein collection, Christie's, London, 14 December 2005, lot 18 (£28,800); and the Partridge collection, Christie's, New York, 17 May 2006, lot 27 ($38,400).
Three virtually identical clocks are in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace. (C. Jagger, Royal Clocks - The British Monarchy and its Timekeepers 1300 - 1900, London, 1983, pp. 154-155).
Examples in white marble include those sold from the Wildenstein collection, Christie's, London, 14 December 2005, lot 18 (£28,800); and the Partridge collection, Christie's, New York, 17 May 2006, lot 27 ($38,400).