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Lot Essay
This clock is closely related to a sketch dated circa 1760 by ébéniste Pierre-Antoine Foullet now in the Bibliothèque Doucet, Paris. Describing the model as a Piece de Bureau costing 341 livres, this sketch is one of the earliest documented neo-classical designs. (H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol. I, Munich, 1986, p. 162, fig. 3.3.6).
A clock of this model was supplied circa 1765 for the chambre du lit of the duc de Choiseul's hôtel, where it is depicted on the cover of the Choiseul golden box, painted by Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe, circa 1770. A similar model with fluted base is signed by ciseleur-doreur Jean-Joseph de Saint Germain and dated 1769.
A clock of this model was supplied circa 1765 for the chambre du lit of the duc de Choiseul's hôtel, where it is depicted on the cover of the Choiseul golden box, painted by Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe, circa 1770. A similar model with fluted base is signed by ciseleur-doreur Jean-Joseph de Saint Germain and dated 1769.