A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK THE CASE POSSIBLY BY JEAN-JOSEPH DE SAINT-GERMAIN MID-18TH CENTURY, THE DIAL SIGNED MARTINOT A PARIS The circular enamel-set dial with Arabic and Roman numerals around a plate cast with foliate strapwork, the centre signed 'MARTINOT A PARIS', within an asymmetrical rocaille case cast with C-scrolls and framed by flowering foliate branches, surmounted by a dragon and a Chinoiserie figure holding a terrestrial globe, the tapering base with a hoho bird holding a rock in its claw, the 19th century twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike to bell; regilt 42 in. (107 cm.) high; 21 in. (54 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15.2 cm.) deep Provenance Anonymous sale, Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, 13 December 1980, lot 68. Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Monaco, 13 February 1983, lot 511.
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK THE CASE POSSIBLY BY JEAN-JOSEPH DE SAINT-GERMAIN MID-18TH CENTURY, THE DIAL SIGNED MARTINOT A PARIS The circular enamel-set dial with Arabic and Roman numerals around a plate cast with foliate strapwork, the centre signed 'MARTINOT A PARIS', within an asymmetrical rocaille case cast with C-scrolls and framed by flowering foliate branches, surmounted by a dragon and a Chinoiserie figure holding a terrestrial globe, the tapering base with a hoho bird holding a rock in its claw, the 19th century twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike to bell; regilt 42 in. (107 cm.) high; 21 in. (54 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15.2 cm.) deep Provenance Anonymous sale, Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, 13 December 1980, lot 68. Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Monaco, 13 February 1983, lot 511.
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