Lot 27TP
A French Louis XV gilt-mounted and brass-inlaid ebony longcase clock Alexandre Le Faucheur
11 July 2018, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £12,500 inc. premium
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A French Louis XV gilt-mounted and brass-inlaid ebony longcase clock
Alexandre Le Faucheur
Surmounted by a winged hourglass with arrow, above a white enamel dial signed Le Faucheur A Paris, with apertures for day, date, month and moon phase, above an oval enamel plaquette similarly signed, the sides with shells and dolphin mounts, on scrolling feet cast with dragons
Surmounted by a winged hourglass with arrow, above a white enamel dial signed Le Faucheur A Paris, with apertures for day, date, month and moon phase, above an oval enamel plaquette similarly signed, the sides with shells and dolphin mounts, on scrolling feet cast with dragons
Footnotes
Alexandre Lefaucheur became maître horloger in 1729 and was appointed horloger du roi in 1748. He is recorded at Pont au Change in 1748 and later at Quai de l'Horloge between 1772 and 1780.
Provenance:
Sotheby's, 6 July 2011, lot 16.
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