STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
Property from the Estate of Susan S. Dillon
A LOUIS XVI WHITE MARBLE AND GILT BRONZE CHINOISERIE MANTEL CLOCK, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
October 25, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of Susan S. Dillon
A LOUIS XVI WHITE MARBLE AND GILT BRONZE CHINOISERIE MANTEL CLOCK, LATE 18TH CENTURY
the enameled dial with a cartouche signed JACs. BREANT A PARIS and apparently signed Coteau underneath a bead and reel gilt bronze border along lower edge; with annular date and open centre to reveal a fully skeletonised movement with pinwheel escapement, gridiron pendulum and outside count-wheel striking on a bell
height 23 ¼ in.; width 13 in.
59 cm; 33 cm
C. Douglas Dillon (1909-2003), New York, before 1968
Jacques-Thomas Bréant (1753-1807) was born in Paris and began as an ouvrier libre, becoming a maître in 1783. The enameller Joseph Coteau (1740–1812) was born in Geneva but primarily worked in Paris, achieving maître status in 1778.