拍品 12
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK with circular glazed enamel Roman-chaptered dial and movement signed Etienne Le Noir A Paris, in a raised rockwork and scroll cartouche beneath a seated female figure amidst clouds and scrolls, the asymmetric lower section with a pair of winged putti holding torches in the heavens and flanking an enamel plaque with conforming signature, the torch lacking, the case struck with the C couronné poinçon

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK with circular glazed enamel Roman-chaptered dial and movement signed Etienne Le Noir A Paris, in a raised rockwork and scroll cartouche beneath a seated female figure amidst clouds and scrolls, the asymmetric lower section with a pair of winged putti holding torches in the heavens and flanking an enamel plaque with conforming signature, the torch lacking, the case struck with the C couronné poinçon
22in. (56cm.) high

拍品专文

The C couronné poinçon was a tax mark in use between February 1745 and March 1749 on any alloy containing copper.

Etienne Le Noir, active circa 1740

A cartel clock, the movement by J.B. Gosselin with a case of almost identical design was sold in these Rooms, 1 July 1976, lot 14