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ATE lOUiS XV GilT BrOnzE cOlUMn MAnTEl clOcK BY rOBErT
OSMOnD – circA 1770-1775
The dial and movement signed J.B. Du Tertre à Paris, the case stamped OSMOnD
Height: 34 cm. (13 ½ in.) Width: 15.9 cm. (6 ¼ in.) Depth: 15.9 cm. (6 ¼ in.)
in the form of a truncated column which contains the circular dial with roman numerals for the hours and
Arabic numerals for the minutes indicated by engraved gilt brass handles. The cylindrical movement has an
anchor escapement and silk thread suspension and strikes the hours and half-hours by means of a count-
wheel on the back-plate.
cOMPArATiVE liTErATUrE:
robert Osmond, one of three bronziers of this name, was responsible for the design of this model and his
drawing is preserved in the Bibliothèque Doucet, Paris (no. 54). A gilded version 12 pouces high cost 198
livres.
The model was clearly popular at the time as a number of examples have survived:
One signed Gudin illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. i, p. 194,
fig. 3.12.3
One signed Louis Montjoye illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française du Moyen Age au XX
Siècle, Paris, 1997, p.185
A PAir OF rÉGEncE GilT BrOnzE-MOUnTED cHinESE cElADOn
POrcElAin lArGE VASES
The porcelain Transitional Period, 17th Century, the mounts circa 1720
Height: 48 cm. (19 in.) Diameter of the base: 23 cm. (9 in.)
A lOUiS XVi TWO-TOnE GilT BrOnzE (YEllOW AnD PinK) AnD
WHiTE MArBlE lYrE-SHAPED MAnTEl clOcK – circA 1785
The dial with the days of the month signed Pochon à Paris
Height: 59 cm. (23 ¼ in.) Width: 25.5 cm. (10 in.) Depth: 14 cm. (5 ½ in.)
The enamel dial indicates the hours, minutes and days of the month in Arabic numerals with engraved gilt-
brass and blued steel hands. The circular movement has an anchor escapement and silk thread suspension
and chimes the hours and half-hours by means of a count-wheel mounted on the back-plate.
cOMPArATiVE liTErATUrE:
An identical example is illustrated in Pierre Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française, Paris, les Editions de
l’Amateur, 1997, p. 225
Other examples can be found in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, lyon,
Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et Trianon and Pavlovsk Palace, russia.
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OSMOnD – circA 1770-1775
The dial and movement signed J.B. Du Tertre à Paris, the case stamped OSMOnD
Height: 34 cm. (13 ½ in.) Width: 15.9 cm. (6 ¼ in.) Depth: 15.9 cm. (6 ¼ in.)
in the form of a truncated column which contains the circular dial with roman numerals for the hours and
Arabic numerals for the minutes indicated by engraved gilt brass handles. The cylindrical movement has an
anchor escapement and silk thread suspension and strikes the hours and half-hours by means of a count-
wheel on the back-plate.
cOMPArATiVE liTErATUrE:
robert Osmond, one of three bronziers of this name, was responsible for the design of this model and his
drawing is preserved in the Bibliothèque Doucet, Paris (no. 54). A gilded version 12 pouces high cost 198
livres.
The model was clearly popular at the time as a number of examples have survived:
One signed Gudin illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. i, p. 194,
fig. 3.12.3
One signed Louis Montjoye illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française du Moyen Age au XX
Siècle, Paris, 1997, p.185
A PAir OF rÉGEncE GilT BrOnzE-MOUnTED cHinESE cElADOn
POrcElAin lArGE VASES
The porcelain Transitional Period, 17th Century, the mounts circa 1720
Height: 48 cm. (19 in.) Diameter of the base: 23 cm. (9 in.)
A lOUiS XVi TWO-TOnE GilT BrOnzE (YEllOW AnD PinK) AnD
WHiTE MArBlE lYrE-SHAPED MAnTEl clOcK – circA 1785
The dial with the days of the month signed Pochon à Paris
Height: 59 cm. (23 ¼ in.) Width: 25.5 cm. (10 in.) Depth: 14 cm. (5 ½ in.)
The enamel dial indicates the hours, minutes and days of the month in Arabic numerals with engraved gilt-
brass and blued steel hands. The circular movement has an anchor escapement and silk thread suspension
and chimes the hours and half-hours by means of a count-wheel mounted on the back-plate.
cOMPArATiVE liTErATUrE:
An identical example is illustrated in Pierre Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française, Paris, les Editions de
l’Amateur, 1997, p. 225
Other examples can be found in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, lyon,
Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et Trianon and Pavlovsk Palace, russia.
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