CARTEL PAR JEAN-JOSEPH DE SAINT-GERMAIN ET PIERRE... Lot 42
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CARTEL PAR JEAN-JOSEPH DE SAINT-GERMAIN ET PIERRE II LE ROY Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain -1719-1791 (Maître fondeur-ciseleur en 1748)
CARTEL BY JEAN-JOSEPH DE SAINT-GERMAIN ET PIERRE II LE ROY Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain -1719-1791 (Master engraver in 1748)
Pierre II Le Roy-1687-1762 (Master watchmaker in 1721)
France, Louis XV period, around 1745
Golden bronze, H enamel
. 44 cm, L. 24.5 cm
This cartel in chased and gilded bronze features a lush, purely rocky decoration of foliage and scallops, flower buds, all enhanced by a shroud. In its centre is a circular white enamelled dial, signed PIERRE LE ROY A PARIS, with Roman numerals for hours and Arabic numerals for minutes.
Bibliography:
Jean-Dominique Augarde, Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain, Bronzearbeiten zwischen Rocaille und
Klassizismus, Vergoldete Bronzen, II, Munich, 1986, pp. 521-538.
Jean-Dominique Augarde, Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain, Bronzier (1719-1791), Inédits sur sa vie et son OEuvre, L'Estampille/L'Objet d'Art, n° 308, December 1996, p. 62-82.
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