Louis XVI Pendulum clock, so called "Circle Tournant"
LOUIS XVI PENDULUM CLOCK, SO CALLED "CIRCLE TOURNANT", MADE OF WHITE MARBLE, ENAMEL AND GILT BRONZE.
Paris.
Date: Around 1780.
Technique: White marble. Gilt bronze applications. Enamel. Glass cover.
Description: In the form of a round temple with four columns. Malabarine standing on a central
pedestal. Top with two horizontal dial-rings with Roman hours and Arabic minutes. Pendulum
movement with thread suspension and half hour chime on bell.
Measurement: Height 49cm.
Condition B. (P).
Provenance:
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.
Literatur:
Tardy: La Pendule francaise vol. 2, Paris 1974. For type compare p.286 and 287.
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LOUIS XVI PENDULUM CLOCK, SO CALLED "CIRCLE TOURNANT", MADE OF WHITE MARBLE, ENAMEL AND GILT BRONZE.
Paris.
Date: Around 1780.
Technique: White marble. Gilt bronze applications. Enamel. Glass cover.
Description: In the form of a round temple with four columns. Malabarine standing on a central
pedestal. Top with two horizontal dial-rings with Roman hours and Arabic minutes. Pendulum
movement with thread suspension and half hour chime on bell.
Measurement: Height 49cm.
Condition B. (P).
Provenance:
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.
Literatur:
Tardy: La Pendule francaise vol. 2, Paris 1974. For type compare p.286 and 287.
Condition Report: Estimated shipping costs for this lot:
Shipping only by arrangement after the auction.