- Kaminuhr "à lEléfant"
auction 401, Lot 141
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on 23 June 2021
Kaminuhr "à lEléfant"
Differenzbesteuerung
A mantle clock "à léléfant"
Paris, Louis XV, probably mid-18th century, Gille LAiné
Gilt bronze case, partly burnished. Enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals. 8-day movement. Pendulum with thread suspension. Countwheel striking the half hours on a bell. Dial and brass plate inscribed "Gille LAiné a Paris". Key. Hairline cracks to dial. 42 x 30 x 16 cm.
Provenance: Nagel, Auction 17-18 September 1993, lot 1212. - Private collection, North Germany.
Cf. Tardy, La Pendule Française. Paris. Volume I. Page 170 ff. - Ottomeyer, Hans, Pröschel, Peter, Vergoldete Bronzen. Munich 1986, Volume I, illustration 2.8.5.
