11-03-200511-03-2005
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2314
November 3, 2005 10:00 AMCalender
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Louis XVI Musical Organ Clock Base

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Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2314Location: BoltonDate / Time: November 03, 2005 10:00AM

Description:

Louis XVI Musical Organ Clock Base, with twelve-key fusee barrel organ movement, two ranks of twenty-four metal pipes, clock-activated stop / start detent and manual pull-push lever for play / silence, in architectural white-marble and ormolu case with rear door for accessing the mechanism, reeded pilasters alternating with pierced panels, a central window with acanthus-molded corner spandrels, stepped pediment with scrolling ormolu frieze, sun medallion and lower-plinth with bun feet and engine-turned frieze flanking relief of putti at play, total wd. 18 in., would fit wd. 16 in., the barrel 9 1/4 x 3 1/2 in., (non-sounding).

Literature: Tardy, Du Louis XVI a Nos Jours, 2me. Partie, pp. 202-203, for similar organ clock-bases.
Estimate $6,000-8,000

Keywords

metal pipes, Du Louis XVI