Lot Essay
Jacques Hugues worked in Paris and died in 1733.
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THE CASE INDISTINCTLY STAMPED 'N...' AND 'JME', THE DIAL SIGNED 'JACQUES HUGUES A PARIS', CIRCA 1730
Details
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED STAINED-HORN AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BRASS AND EBONY BOULLE MARQUETRY BRACKET CLOCK
THE CASE INDISTINCTLY STAMPED 'N...' AND 'JME', THE DIAL SIGNED 'JACQUES HUGUES A PARIS', CIRCA 1730
The dial of cast ormolu with white enamel Roman and Arabic chapters and enamel centre signed 'Jacques Huget a Paris', with blued steel hands, the movement with twin going barrels with verge escapement and silk suspended pendulum, calibrated countwheel strike on a bell above the plates joined by four back-pinned vase-shaped pillars, similarly signed backplate, in a shaped case with mounts and outswept feet inlaid overall with floral sprays, surmounted by a boy falconer finial on an arched hood, on a bracket with similar mounts and inlay, the interior with similarly decorated panel, regilt
35½ in. (90 cm.) high, 14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide, 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) deep
THE CASE INDISTINCTLY STAMPED 'N...' AND 'JME', THE DIAL SIGNED 'JACQUES HUGUES A PARIS', CIRCA 1730
The dial of cast ormolu with white enamel Roman and Arabic chapters and enamel centre signed 'Jacques Huget a Paris', with blued steel hands, the movement with twin going barrels with verge escapement and silk suspended pendulum, calibrated countwheel strike on a bell above the plates joined by four back-pinned vase-shaped pillars, similarly signed backplate, in a shaped case with mounts and outswept feet inlaid overall with floral sprays, surmounted by a boy falconer finial on an arched hood, on a bracket with similar mounts and inlay, the interior with similarly decorated panel, regilt
35½ in. (90 cm.) high, 14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide, 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Vitale Collection, sold Christie's, New York, 26 November 1996, lot 50.