Fine Furniture & Collections - 7th October 2026
Lot 183
A FINE FRENCH LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £2540
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Description
A FINE FRENCH LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
BY MATHIEU LAINE, PARIS, C.1780
the brass eight day twin train movement with an outside countwheel striking on a bell, with silk suspension, the circular white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and concentric calendar and days of the week dials, signed 'Mathieu Laine A Paris', the case surmounted arrow and flaming torch trophies above ribbon tied leaves, the sides with trailing ivy, on toupie feet, with winding key and pendulum
47cm high, 31cm wide, 16.3cm deep
Provenance
Purchased by the current vendor from Jeremy Ltd, 29 Lowndes Street, London, 1st June 1998.
Catalogue Note
Mathieu Claude (Charles) L'aine master 1754-1789. A similar clock is illustrated in Pierre Kjellberg, Encyclopedie de la Pandule Francais du Moyen Age au XX siecle, p.176, fig. A.