FILON, PARIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-JOSEPH DE SAINT-GERMAIN

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
FILON, PARIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-JOSEPH DE SAINT-GERMAIN
The case with figure of Minerva, the dial signed 'FILON / A PARIS', the twin barrel movement with later Brocot regulation, countwheel strike to bell
22 ½ in. (57 cm.) high; 22 ½ in. (57.1 cm.) wide; 11 in. (28 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 7 April 2009, lot 162.

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Lot Essay

The case is related to a musical mantel clock attributed to Jean-Joseph de Saint Germain (1719-1791). (J.-D. Augarde, Les Ouvriers du Temps, Geneva, 1996, p. 388/9, pl. 283.
The maker probably Claude-Charles-Francois Filon, maître 1782.

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