A MONUMENTAL LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND MEISSEN AND FRENCH PORCELAIN CLOCK CIRCA 1750, THE PORCELAIN FIGURES ATTRIBUTED TO J.J. KÄNDLER, THE FLOWERS VINCENNES AND SEVRES PORCELAIN, MOST SOFT PASTE The scrolling berrying foliage cresting issuing floral sprays and surrounding a trumpeting angel emblematic of Fame above an enameled Roman numeral dial signed CAUSARD HGR DU ROI SUIVT LA COUR, supported by foliate scrolls and resting on a cloudburst emitting lightning bolts with Apollo in his chariot driving three horses 39 ½ in. (98 cm.) high, 32 ¼ in. (82 cm.) wide, 22 in. (56.5 cm.) deep Provenance Supplied to Marie-Madeleine-Josèphe de Cusacque, Marquise de Langeac, or her lover, Louis Phélypeaux, Comte de Saint-Florentin (1705-1777). Recorded at the hôtel Langeac, Paris, following the death of the Marquise de Langeac in 1777. Sold in her estate sale, 2 April 1778, lot 176 (for 1200 livres). Acquired from Symons Gallery, New York, 1950s.
A MONUMENTAL LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND MEISSEN AND FRENCH PORCELAIN CLOCK CIRCA 1750, THE PORCELAIN FIGURES ATTRIBUTED TO J.J. KÄNDLER, THE FLOWERS VINCENNES AND SEVRES PORCELAIN, MOST SOFT PASTE The scrolling berrying foliage cresting issuing floral sprays and surrounding a trumpeting angel emblematic of Fame above an enameled Roman numeral dial signed CAUSARD HGR DU ROI SUIVT LA COUR, supported by foliate scrolls and resting on a cloudburst emitting lightning bolts with Apollo in his chariot driving three horses 39 ½ in. (98 cm.) high, 32 ¼ in. (82 cm.) wide, 22 in. (56.5 cm.) deep Provenance Supplied to Marie-Madeleine-Josèphe de Cusacque, Marquise de Langeac, or her lover, Louis Phélypeaux, Comte de Saint-Florentin (1705-1777). Recorded at the hôtel Langeac, Paris, following the death of the Marquise de Langeac in 1777. Sold in her estate sale, 2 April 1778, lot 176 (for 1200 livres). Acquired from Symons Gallery, New York, 1950s.
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