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A French Louis XV gilt bronze clock by Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807).
Estimate
60 000 - 80 000 SEK
5 620 - 7 490 EUR
6 260 - 8 340 USD
Hammer price
85 000 SEK
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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.
