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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK

The movement with outside count-wheel striking on a single bell, inscribed Noel Baltazar A Paris, the white enamel dial inscribed Noel Baltazar A Paris, with blue enamel Roman numerals and black enamel Arabic numerals, enclosed by a circular glazed door, the rococo case cast with acanthus and rockwork, supporting fruiting oak leaves and flowering foliage panels, the acanthus and c-scroll cast pediment above pierced panels, the similarly shaped apron centred by a glazed visible pendulum panel, the dial cracked and repaired
16¾in. (42.5cm) wide, 32¼in. (82cm) high
Provenance
The Late Sir Frank Fraser Darling, Shefford-Woodlands House, Newbury, Berkshire, thence by family descent

Lot Essay

The clock-case cartouche, with its flower-festooned, serpentined and assymetrical ribbon-scrolls of Roman foliage entwined with oak, emblematic of hospitality, epitomises the Louis XV 'picturesque' style introduced by Juste Aurele Meissonier (d.1750) and relates to a wall-panel clock illustrated in G. Huquier's publication of his Ouevres, (fol 55). The movement is signed by Noel Baltazar (d.1786), one of whose 'cartel' clocks is recorded in the Palais de Justice, Paris

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