Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum

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"The Gilt-Bronze Cartel Clocks of Charles
Cressent," Burlington Magazine 109 (April
1967), pp. 210-217; Wilson, Clocks, nos. 8-9
(with no. 139 in this book), pp. 45-51, illus.;
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete
Bronzen, p. 79, illus. fig. 1.12.7.


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  1. Wall Clock (pendule dyalcove)
    Paris and Chantilly manufactory, circa 1740
    Movement by Charles Voisin
    Soft-paste porcelain; gilt bronze; enameled
    metal; glass
    Movement engraved C^s Voisin JParis.
    and dial painted CHARLES VOISIN ¿PARIS
    Height: 2 ft. 5Κ in. (74.9 cm); Width:
    ι ft. 2 in. (35.6 cm); Depth 4^3 /s in. (11.1 cm)
    Accession number 8 I.DB.8I


PROVENANCE
[Jacques Kugel, Paris, 1980].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wilson, "Acquisitions 1981," no. 2,
pp. 66-71, illus.; Wilson, Selections, no. 13,
pp. 26-27, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 154,
illus. p. 155; Handbook 1991, p. 168, illus.
p. 169.


  1. Mantel Clock
    Paris, circa 1742
    Movement by Julien II Le Roy; enamel dial
    by Antoine-Nicolas Martiniére
    Gilt bronze; enameled metal; glass


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