PROVENANCE
Charles William, 2nd Lord Hillingdon,
Vernon House, London; Charles, 4th Lord
Hillingdon, by descent (sold, Christie's,
London, June 29,1972, lot 56); [French
and Co., New York, 1972]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wilson, Chcks, no. 3, pp. 18-21, illus.- Long-case Musical Clock
Paris, circa 1712
Movement by Jean-Francois Dominicé;
musical movement by Michel Stollenwerck;
movement repaired and dial and hands
replaced by Pierre-Bazile Lepaute; case and
stand attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle;
grill under dial and some mounts after
drawings by Gilles-Marie Oppenordt
Oak veneered with brass and red painted
tortoiseshell; enameled metal; bronze
mounts; glass
Movement engraved J.F. Dominicé JParis
and Fait par Stollenwerck dans I'abbaye St.
German ä Paris; dial engraved LEPAUTE.
Height: 8 ft. 7 in. (261.6 cm); Width:
3 ft. Vx in. (92.7 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 3 in.
(38.1 cm)
Accession number 72 .DB.40
PROVENANCE
(?) Vincent Donjeux, Paris (sold, Paris,
April 29,1793, lot 562); Peter Burreil, ist
Lord Gwydir (1754-1820); by descent to
Peter Burrell, 2nd Lord Gwydir (1782-1865) 130
(sold, Christie s, London, March n-12,
1829, lot 103, to [Samuel Fogg, London]);
Henry George Brownlow, 4th Marquess of
Exeter (sold, Christie's, London, June 7-8,
1888, lot 261, to [Charles Davis, London]);
Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843-1899), The
Breakers, Newport, Rhode Island, by (?) the
1890s; Alice Vanderbilt (1846-1934, wife of
Cornelius Vanderbilt II), The Breakers,
Newport, Rhode Island; Gladys Moore
Vanderbilt (Countess Laszlo Széchényi,
1886-1965), by descent (sold by her heirs in
1971 to [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New
York]); [French and Co., New York, 1971];
purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1971.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wilson, Clocks, no. 5, pp. 26-33, illus.;
Jean-Nérée Ronfort, "André-Charles Boulle:
Die Bronzearbeiten und seine Werkstatt im
Louvre," Vergoldete Bronzen: Die Bronzear
beiten des Spätbarock und Klassizismus,
Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, eds.
(Munich, 1986), vol. 2, p. 491.- Pedestal Clock
Paris, circa 1715-1720
Case attributed to André-Charles Boulle;
movement by Julien II Le Roy
Oak veneered with tortoiseshell, ebony, and
brass; enameled metal plaques; gilt-bronze
mounts; glass
Movement engraved Karel Solle 1846and
486p as well as Julien Leroy on backplate;
enamel plaque painted JULIEN LE ROY.
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