A late Louis XV mantel clock by Saint-Germain

A late Louis XV gilt bronze mantel clock signed St. Germain,
the dial and movement signed Ageron à Paris – circa 1770

François Ageron, maître on 14 July 1741

Height: 46.5 cm. (18 ¼ in.)     Width: 30.6 cm. (12 in.)     

Depth: 13.3 cm. (5 ¼ in.)

Comparative Literature

An identical clock by Saint-Germain on a later marble base, the dial signed Lecœur à Paris, is in the musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. OA 5434), and is illustrated in C. Dreyfus, Musée du Louvre, les Objets d’Art du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1923, p. 7, no. 2.