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140. Mantel Clock
     Paris, circa 1763
     Case attributed to Robert Osmond; move­
     ment by Etienne II Le Noir and/or Pierre-
     Etienne Le Noir
     Patinated and gilt bronze; enameled metal;
     glass
     Dial painted Etienne Le NoirJParis and
     movement engraved Etienne le NoirJParis
     No. 3p6; springs are inscribed Masson 1763.
     Height: 1 ft. 9^3 /s in. (54.3 cm); Width:
     ι ft. 5^34 in. (45.1 cm); Depth: 9/8 in.
     (23.2 cm)
     Accession number 73 .DB.85

PROVENANCE

Sold, "Property of a Nobleman," Christie's,

London, July 5,1973, lot 31; purchased at

that sale by J. Paul Getty.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Wilson, Clocks, no. 11, pp. 56-59, illus.

141 Wall Clock on Bracket

Paris, circa 1764

Movement by Lapina; case by Antoine

Foullet

Oak veneered with panels of green, red, and

cream painted horn; brass; enameled metal;

gilt-bronze mounts

Stamped ANTFOUVLLET JMEon back of

case and bracket. Movement engraved

Lapina A Paris; one spring is inscribed

Richard X de 1764 Mouvement foule Μ

Ebeniter and a second spring is engraved

RichardX de 1764 Sonnerie A foule Eben.

Height: 3 ft. 10 34 in. (118.7 cm); Width:

ι ft. 7V2 in. (49.5 cm); Depth: nVA in.

(28.6 cm)

Accession number 75 .DB.7

PROVENANCE

Private collection, Cornwall; [Alexander and

Berendt, Ltd., London, 1974].

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Wilson, Clocks, no. 12, pp. 60-63, illus.;

Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,

p. 158, fig. 3.2.6; Verlet, Les Bronzes, p. 122,

illus. p. 113, fig. 137; Pradére, Les Ebénistes,

p. 275.

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