Table regulator with equation of time and remontoire, Paris, Louis XVI period, dated 1778
Joseph Coteau (1740-1801; maître in 1778) and Robert Robin (1741-1799)
Bronze, cast, chased and fire-gilt; glass; enamel; brass; steel
H. 52 cm (20.47 in.), w. 35.5 cm (13.98 in.), d. 21 cm (8.27 in.)
For comparison:
New York, The Frick Collection, inv. no. 1999.5.151
REF No. 653
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An ormolu mounted Chinese turquoise porcelain encrier -
Two figures of the series of the "Cris de Paris" mounted as three-branch candelabra -
A set of four twin-branch Rococo enamel wall lights -
A pair of gilt bronze three branch candelabra (girandoles) -
Johann Joachim Kaendler (1706 - 1775) A pair of parrots mounted as three-branch candelabra. Porcelain, models by Johann Joachim Kaendler, prior to 1740 and 1741. Manufacture and decoration, Meissen, c. 1742-45. Gilt-bronze mounts, France, Louis XV period, c. 1750. Soft paste porcelain flowers, France, 18th century