Cartel Louis XV 1745-1749 Hallmark C Crowned - Jean-joseph De Saint-germain - Gosselin

Cartel Louis and February 1749 on all alloys containing copper. H.45 cm, L. 26 cm Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain (1719-1791) master in 1748 Identical cartel clocks represented in: Tardy, La Pendule Française, Paris 1981, p. 304 and 305. H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Band I, München 1986, p. 116, fig. 2.5.7. P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Framçaise, Paris 1997, p. 95, ill. F. This model is probably one of Saint-Germain's first creations and was delivered to several Parisian watchmakers such as Gosselin, Le Roy, Guillemin and Lenoir. Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain Bronzier (1719 - 1791) He was probably the most famous Parisian artist of the mid-18th century. Saint-Germain worked from 1742 and did not become a master craftsman until July 1748. He became famous for his numerous clock and cartel cases, such as his Diana the Huntress (a copy is in the Louvre Museum ), the clock carried by two Chinese people (a similar example is in the Museum of Decorative Arts in Lyon), as well as several clocks with animal motifs, including elephant and rhino clocks (a copy is in the Louvre Museum ). In the early 1760s, Saint-Germain played an important role in the renewal of French decorative arts and in the development of the neoclassical style. An important example is his Genie of Denmark clock, which he made for Frederick V after a model by Augustin Pajou (1765, at Amalienborg Castle in Copenhagen). Saint-Germain also created several clocks on the theme of learning or studies based on a model by Louis-Félix de La Rue (examples at the Louvre Museum, the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon and the Metropolitan Museum in New York ). In addition to its watch cases, Saint-Germain made furniture fittings in bronze, such as fire dogs, sconces and candelabras. All of his work testifies to his remarkable talents as a carver and bronze caster, as well as his extraordinary creativity. He retired in 1776. Jean Philippe Gosselin Master watchmaker (1717) in Paris, place Dauphine, rue (Croix) des Petits-Champs and rue St-Honoré opposite the oratory, married to Susanne Regnier. Mentioned on April 27, 1712, January 27, 1730, December 20, 1731, May 18, 1740, January 10, 1743. Died July 9, 1757, Protestant, buried July 10 at the Chantier de Moreau at Port au Plâtre, (Port-au-Plâtre cemetery). Plaster). Inv. no. 2,203 €5,800