STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics

STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics

Property from the Collection of Kathleen and Martin Field

A LOUIS XIV GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED BOULLE MARQUETRY MANTEL CLOCK

Auction Closed

October 25, 08:20 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Kathleen and Martin Field

A LOUIS XIV GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED BOULLE MARQUETRY MANTEL CLOCK


the two-train movement inscribed on the backplate N. Fortin a Paris

height 26 in.; width 17 in.; depth 6 ½in.

66 cm; 43 cm; 16.5 cm

Sotheby's Monaco, 13 February 1983, lot 443

The Fortin family were a dynasty of clockmakers active in Paris throughout the 18th century, based in the Rue de la Harpe near the Sorbonne. Nicolas is recorded as a master in Paris in 1705 and died sometime after 1727.

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