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Louis XVI period desk clock

By Gallery Olivier Alberteau
3.500 €
18th century
Louis XVI
DELIVERY
From: 44000, Nantes, France
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    Desk or table clock depicting a horse standing on a rectangular ormolu terrace with scrolled feet. On its back, it carries a cylindrical movement housed in a leafy box.

    The dial features an hour and a day display; rooster movement.

    Quite rare on the market, this type of clock usually features a horse in gilded bronze or bronze with a brown patina. Our horse has the particularity of being red lacquered. This type of lacquered bronze began to appear in Paris in 1735, under the impetus of Mercier merchants. The first to appear were Chinese figures in lacquered bronze, which were used to decorate a multitude of extremely refined objects (clocks, paper plates, wall sconces, etc.). This type of object brought a touch of the exotic to Western objects, and was later adapted to non-exotic models such as our horse.

    Invented by the Martin brothers in Paris, the varnish that bears their name was used from the 1740s to compete with oriental lacquers. It was used on various surfaces (furniture, toilet elements, etc.), then on lacquered sheet metal or bronze elements (cartel elements, coolers, etc.).

    Movement as is, in need of overhaul.
    Accident to the enameled dial (restorable).

    Paris, Louis XVI period.

    Height: 27.5 cm.
    Width: 14 cm.
    Depth: 7.5 cm.

    Ref: 6SE5ZSFI5O

    Condition As is
    Style Louis XVI (Table Clocks and Desk Clocks of Louis XVI Style)
    Period 18th century (Table Clocks and Desk Clocks 18th century)
    Country of origin France
    Shipping Time Ready to ship in 8-15 Business Days
    Location 44000, Nantes, France
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