Classic Design, Including Property from the Collection of David H. Murdock

Classic Design, Including Property from the Collection of David H. Murdock

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Property from the Collection of David H. Murdock

A Louis XV Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock, Possibly 18th Century with alterations

Lot closes

April 14, 05:01 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 USD

Starting Bid

9,000 USD

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Lot Details

Description

the dial signed Morel L'ainé A LYON with a moon phase aperture, possibly associated; in a drum case with striking movement, replaced bell and suspension for the pendulum a 19th century conversion; surmounted by a seated putto astronomer and supported by a wild boar on a rockwork and foliate base


height 20 1/2 in.; width 15 in.

52 cm; 38 cm

Christie’s London, 8 June 1983, lot 18

Michael M. Thomas, 'Bellagio House. The David Murdock Estate in Bel-Air', Architectural Digest, February 1987, p.57


An organ clock incorporating an identical patinated bronze boar and gilded rockwork base and putto (with only a slight variation to the form of the boar's tail) was in the Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann collection, sold Christie's London, 10 April 2002, lot 340. The dial and movement are signed AUTRAN A MONTELIMART, and it is interesting that this example and the offered lot, which appear to be the only recorded examples of this specific model of a wild boar on a rockwork base, both have dials signed by provincial makers from the Rhone region of France about whom very little is known.

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