Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume III : À travers l’Hôtel Lambert
Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume III : À travers l’Hôtel Lambert
A Louis XVI striking and astronomical vase clock with revolving chapter rings "pendule à cercles tournants", the clockmaker Claude Mathieu, Paris, the enameller Joseph Coteau, Paris, the dial dated 1774
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October 13, 06:27 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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A Louis XVI striking and astronomical vase clock with revolving chapter rings "pendule à cercles tournants", the clockmaker Claude Mathieu, Paris, the enameller Joseph Coteau, Paris, the dial dated 1774
gilt-bronze, enamel and marble, a neo-classical urn with fruit and foliage garlands, the dial with white enamel signed 'Mathieu fecit' below rolling moon phase signed on reverse 'Coteau/..i le 3 1774', a later medallion of Henri IV on the rear part, with a later white marble base
height 22 in.; weidth 10 ¾ in.; depth 8 ½.; 56 cm; 25 cm; 21,5 cm.
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Pendules à "cercles tournants" en bronze doré et marbre blanc d'époque Louis XVI, cadran en émail daté 1774
height 22 in.; weidth 10 ¾ in.; depth 8 ½.; 56 cm; 25 cm; 21,5 cm.
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Christie's New York, The Vitale Collection of Highly Important European Clocks, 30 October 1996, lot 86;
Christie's London, 8 July 2010, lot 84.
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Christie's New York, The Vitale Collection of Highly Important European Clocks, 30 octobre 1996, lot 86;
Christie's Londres, 8 juillet 2010, lot 84.