1750
A Louis XV Ormolu Bracket Clock Attributed to Cressent and Jean-Joseph Saint -Germain with the movement By Jean Moisy
Having a circular glazed enamel dial with both Roman and Arabic numerals, inscribed MOISY A PARIS, Surmounted by a pierced acanthus spray beneath a C-scroll cartouche with rocaille and surmounted by a winged putti sitting on a cloudburst, the whole flanked by a rose enriched rocaille C-scrolls and above a pierced floral trellis with central mask of Apollo, flanked by up-springing foliage and C-scrolls, the sides veneered with walnut with similar pierced rococo decoration of rocaille C-scrolls and acanthus on stylized scroll feet.
A number of these superb clocks were made by Cressent as early as 1735, some of which were made with brackets to hang on the wall and others like this one which were made to sit on the chimney. Examples can be seen at The Musee des Arts Decoratifs, The Louvre, Versailles, Chantilly in France, The Paul Getty Museum in America, The Palais du Quirinal in Rome and another signed Gudin also without a bracket in the Royal Collection at Windsor.
Provenance
Duchesse de Montellano, Spain
By descent to
Marquis de Cubas, Spain
Jean Moisy (1714-1782)
He was one of the finest clockmakers in the 18th Century and only worked with the finest bronzier’s . Dominique Augarde in his book “Les Ouvriers du Temps”, 1996, p.378, quotes that “he was a companion to the best clockmakers in Paris where he became so skilled that he was preferred to all workmen for the clocks and watches for the Royal Household and the nobility of the court”. He made two clocks for Louis XV for the Chateau de Saint-Hubert and his works can be seen at the Louvre Museum, and the Petit Palais in Paris as well as the Wallace collection in London, Drumlanrig Castle in Scotland and the Boston Museum of Art in America.
Measurements
| Dimensions | CM | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| Width: | 44 | 17.5 |
| Depth: | 16.5 | 6.5 |
| Height: | 88 | 33 |