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Lot 447

Sale 5001 - The International Sale
May 29, 2019 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$4,000 - 6,000

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A Louis XV ormolu and varnished-gilt bronze pendule à l'éléphant signed Jean-Baptiste Baillon, Paris, likely 19th century

The white enamel dial with blue enamel Roman numerals and signed "J BAPTISTE/BAILLON," housed in a circular case surmounted by a monkey atop a trumpeting elephant raised on rocaille and foliate base with applied ormolu flowers, the ormolu with lacquer coating; the movement largely a late 19th century repeater replacement without pendulum, the backplate spuriously signed "J Bte Baillon Paris."

H: 15 1/2, W: 12 in.

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