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A French Louis XV gilt bronze clock by Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807).

Estimate
60 000 - 80 000 SEK
5 320 - 7 100 EUR
5 560 - 7 410 USD
Hammer price
85 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Björn Extergren
Stockholm
Björn Extergren
Head of Consignment and Sales Department, Fine Art. Specialist Antique Furniture, Decorative Arts and Asian Ceramics
+46 (0)706 40 28 61
A French Louis XV gilt bronze clock by Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807).

Height62, width 34 cm.

Provenance

Sotheby´s Highly Important French and Continental Furniture, London 10 juni 1994, loy 63, and displayed on the catalogue cover.
Private Collection acquired at the above auction.

Exhibitions

A similar clock was included in the exhibition " Ferdinand Berthoud" at Musée de la Marine, in Paris 1984.

Literature

Pierre Kjellberg, La Pendule Francaise, Paris 1997,
A similar clock also by Berthoud illustrated on page 100: C.

More information

F Berthoud was born in Switzerland but moved to Paris, 1745 he started to work with Julien Le Roi and shortly afterworth he started his own workshop. Berthoud is prehaps known as the most prominent maker of chronometers in France.