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Lot 76
Sale 5104 - International Sale
Jan 29, 2014
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$2,000 -
3,000
Price Realized
$6,500
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Louis XV Louis XVI Transitional gilt bronze cartel clock circa 1770, the dial and movement signed for charles-nicolas du tertre, paris
The circular porcelain dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes signed "CH LES DU TERTRE A PARIS", enclosed within domed glass door, the vasiform case with twin caryatid and acanthus plume mounts to shoulder above an acanthus and oak leaf and acorn base, the case surmounted by a twin-handled urn with vegetable form finial, the urn issuing a laurel garland, the brass silk-hung suspension movement engraved "Ch'les Dutertre Paris".
H: 26 1/2, W: 13, D: 6 in.