A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED GREEN AND POLYCHROME VERNIS MARTIN STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK

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Property of a Gentleman sold to benefit a Charitable Foundation (240 and 242)

A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED GREEN AND POLYCHROME VERNIS MARTIN STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK

THE MOVEMENT BY FURET, PARIS, CIRCA 1771, THE BRACKET STAMPED VANDENARSSE

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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED GREEN AND POLYCHROME VERNIS MARTIN STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
THE MOVEMENT BY FURET, PARIS, CIRCA 1771, THE BRACKET STAMPED VANDENARSSE
The waisted case with outscrolling flowerheads and foliage, on a conforming bracket stamped to the rear VANDENARSSE, the white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, pierced gilt hands, signed Andre Furet/ A PARIS, the large twin barrel movement with recoil anchor escapement, silk suspension and numbered pierced count wheel striking on a bell, further signed 'Andre Furet A Paris', the back stencilled '87375'; the decoration refreshed, the mounts re-gilded
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 14 ½ in. (37 cm.) wide; 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from E. Ruegg by French and Co. on 10 September 1930.
Acquired from French and Co. by Marcel Bissey, Paris, on 16 May 1959.

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Lot Essay

The stamp almost certainly that of Silvain-Lambert Vandernasse, maître in 1771.
The present case is after the design no. 5 from the Livre des Desseins by Robert Osmond’s workshop (maître fondeur in 1764), circa 1770, now in the bibliothèque Doucet, Paris.

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