Lot 63
JEAN-JOSEPH DE SAINT GERMAIN, PARIS. A FINE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCKMovement by Antoine Cronier Last quarter 18th century
14 April 2022, 13:00 EDT
New YorkUS$4,000 - US$6,000
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JEAN-JOSEPH DE SAINT GERMAIN, PARIS. A FINE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
Movement by Antoine Cronier
Date: Last quarter 18th century
Movement: Circular brass plates, anchor escapement with thread suspended pendulum, striking the hour and half hour on bell by means of a crossed out count wheel
Dial: White enamel, roman chapters, pierced gilt hands
Case: On spreading base with running scroll frieze, the arched case draped with oak leaf swag and surmounted by similarly draped urn finial
Signed: By Saint Germain along base of urn, by Cronier on the dial
Size: H 16 ½ in (62cm); W 10 ½ in (27cm); D 4 in (10cm) Excluding wooden plinth.
Date: Last quarter 18th century
Movement: Circular brass plates, anchor escapement with thread suspended pendulum, striking the hour and half hour on bell by means of a crossed out count wheel
Dial: White enamel, roman chapters, pierced gilt hands
Case: On spreading base with running scroll frieze, the arched case draped with oak leaf swag and surmounted by similarly draped urn finial
Signed: By Saint Germain along base of urn, by Cronier on the dial
Size: H 16 ½ in (62cm); W 10 ½ in (27cm); D 4 in (10cm) Excluding wooden plinth.
Footnotes
Jean-Joseph de Saint Germain (1719-1791)
maître 1748, juré 1765-1766. His clock cases often signed because as juré he was instrumental in the passage of the Bronze-founders' Copyright Resolution in 1766 that gave proprietary rights to a founder's models.
A version of this model is illustrated and described in: Ottomeyer, Hans and Peter Pröschel: Vergoldete Bronzen (1986) v.II p.533
Antoine Crosnier (1732 – after 1806) Maȋtre 1763. Established in Rue St. Honoré 1759, he was a prolific maker.
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