Lot Essay
Jean-Joseph Couture, maître horloger in 1778.
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CIRCA 1780, THE MOVEMENT BY COUTURE, PARIS
Details
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE AND BLACK MARBLE MANTLE CLOCK
CIRCA 1780, THE MOVEMENT BY COUTURE, PARIS
The case flanked by marble and ormolu torchères with lyre finials, the oval base with central bulrush ormolu mount and banded with rope-twist and beaded ormolu, on adjustable toupie feet, the circular white enamel Roman dial signed Couture A Paris, the movement with twin spring barrels, silk suspended pendulum and countwheel strike on a bell, the backplate engraved Couture A Paris
CIRCA 1780, THE MOVEMENT BY COUTURE, PARIS
The case flanked by marble and ormolu torchères with lyre finials, the oval base with central bulrush ormolu mount and banded with rope-twist and beaded ormolu, on adjustable toupie feet, the circular white enamel Roman dial signed Couture A Paris, the movement with twin spring barrels, silk suspended pendulum and countwheel strike on a bell, the backplate engraved Couture A Paris
Provenance
Probably acquired from de Valeuret, Paris, 14 February 1924.
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