JEAN-BAPTISTE DE SAINT JEAN, PARIS, CIRCA 1745-49

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED GREEN-STAINED HORN STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
JEAN-BAPTISTE DE SAINT JEAN, PARIS, CIRCA 1745-49
The horn veneered case decorated overall with scrolling foliage and surmounted by pierced rockwork with flowerheads, the enamel dial signed 'de Saint Jean a Paris', with 'C' couronné poinçon, stamped 'JME', the twin barrel movement with square plates and countwheel strike to bell, the backplate signed 'de Saint Jean a Paris', with paper label to rear door 'A LA PENDULE ROYALE / DE SAINT JEAN, Horloger. / Place aux Veaux, proche la rue / Geoffroy-Lanier, au deuxieme / Etage. 28 Aout 1771 / A PARIS'
62 in. (158 cm.) high overall; the clock 40 in. (101.5 cm.) high; 21 in. (53.3 cm.) wide; 9 in. (22.9 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 November 2014, lot 173.

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Lot Essay

Jean-Baptiste de Saint Jean, apprenticed 1745, chef d'oeuvre 1760.
The hands on this clock are unusual and had previously been thought to have emanated from the Tula factory in Russia, although they are more likely to have been made in the Paris Palais Royal.

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