A GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED PATINATED BRONZE RHINOCEROS 'CORNE VERTE' MUSICAL TABLE CLOCK, LOUIS XV, BY JEAN-JOSEPH DE SAINT-GERMAIN, CIRCA, 1750
6?-inch enamel dial signed Gille l'Ainé A Paris, the similarly signed movement numbered 1028, with silk suspension and numbered outside count wheel striking on a bell, a further lever activating the musical movement at the hour, the drum surmounted by a seated boy in Indian dress with quiver and arrow, all mounted on the back of a realistically modelled rhinoceros standing on a voluted base cast with foliate scrolls and rockwork, signed to the rear ST. GERMAIN, the whole raised on a bombé case containing the fusee musical movement, signed as the clock and comprising a pinned brass cylinder playing a selection of tunes on a carillon of thirteen bells with twenty three hammers, triggered on the hour by the clock or at will by a lever to the front, the case veneered with panels of green-stained horn divided by inlaid scrolls, the front, sides and rear with gilt-bronze framed trellis fret panels, the front and rear hinged for access, gadrooned borders and scrolled corners terminating in scrolled feet
Haut. 83 cm, larg. 50 cm, prof. 23 cm ; height 32? in; width 19? in; depth 9 in
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PENDULE à MUSIQUE AU RHINOCéROS EN BRONZE PATINé, DORé ET CORNE VERTE D'éPOQUE LOUIS XV, VERS 1750, PAR JEAN-JOSEPH DE SAINT-GERMAIN
le cadran et le mouvement signés Gille l'Ainé A Paris, le mouvement numéroté N°1028, la caisse surmontée d'un jeune indien et supportée par un rhinocéros sur une terrasse rocaille signée à l'arrière ST. GERMAIN ; le socle plaqué de corne teintée vert, contenant un mécanisme musical à carilllon de treize cloches et vingt-trois marteaux, activé par la pendule ou par un levier
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