A patinated bronze and gilt bronze (two-tone) Love clock, le - Lot 202

A patinated bronze and gilt bronze (two-tone) Love clock, leaning on the dial and seated on a cushion, resting on a blackened wood and gilt bronze oval base decorated with a frieze of pearls, quartefoils and oval foliage; the dial inscribed Julien Le Roy (refinished at a later date). Attributed to Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain. Louis XVI period. (Minor accidents and wear.) Height 55 cm; Width: 45 cm; Depth: 29 cm Provenance : London sale, Sotheby's, May 29, 1965, lot 37. Bibliography : H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 534. Bibliographical reference: J-D. Augarde, "Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain bronzier (1719-1791)", L'Estampille-L'Objet d'art, December 1996, pp. 63-83. Another example, the figure in gilded bronze, was once part of the former collection of Diane de Castellane (Augarde, op. cit., p. 76). The child figure is reminiscent of more or less contemporary works by the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. Expert : Pierre-François DAYOT