Lot Essay
Francois Goyer, maître in 1743.
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STAMPED 'F. GOYER' AND 'JME', CIRCA 1750, POSSIBLY ORIGINALLY DIFFERENTLY DECORATED
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED GREEN-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT BRACKET CLOCK
STAMPED 'F. GOYER' AND 'JME', CIRCA 1750, POSSIBLY ORIGINALLY DIFFERENTLY DECORATED
With a c-scroll, floral and acanthus-cast crest and gilt-on green-painted ground, above a similarly-mounted case with glazed door and sides,the ormolu dial with individual white enamel Roman and Arabic chapters, the enamel centre signed E.T CHE. F.COIS HOUBLIN/A PARIS, original blued steel hands, the movement with
rectangular plates joined by five back-pinned knopped pillars, twin barrels with verge escapement and silk suspension, calibrated countwheel strike on bell above, the back plate signed E the fr houblin Paris, the base with similar mounts and painted decoration, stamped 'F. GOYER' four times and 'JME' three times, the works to back inscribed 'Ethe. fr. houblin A Paris'
50 in. (127 cm.) high, 19 in. (48 cm.) wide, 9½ in. (24 cm.) deep
STAMPED 'F. GOYER' AND 'JME', CIRCA 1750, POSSIBLY ORIGINALLY DIFFERENTLY DECORATED
With a c-scroll, floral and acanthus-cast crest and gilt-on green-painted ground, above a similarly-mounted case with glazed door and sides,the ormolu dial with individual white enamel Roman and Arabic chapters, the enamel centre signed E.T CHE. F.COIS HOUBLIN/A PARIS, original blued steel hands, the movement with
rectangular plates joined by five back-pinned knopped pillars, twin barrels with verge escapement and silk suspension, calibrated countwheel strike on bell above, the back plate signed E the fr houblin Paris, the base with similar mounts and painted decoration, stamped 'F. GOYER' four times and 'JME' three times, the works to back inscribed 'Ethe. fr. houblin A Paris'
50 in. (127 cm.) high, 19 in. (48 cm.) wide, 9½ in. (24 cm.) deep