Lot Essay
Jean-Philippe Delorme is recorded as a clockmaker circa 1736-40.
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DE LORME, PARIS, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND BRASS-INLAID STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
DE LORME, PARIS, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
CASE of glazed rectangular outline, the pediment with winged figure of Victory surmount, the canted angles with herm busts issuing foliate drapes DIAL with blue painted white enamel chapters with further enamel plate beneath the bezel 'De Lorme/A Paris' MOVEMENT the plates joined by five baluster pillars, with silk suspension, verge escapement, two large barrels and countwheel strike to bell mounted above the case, the backplate further signed 'De Lorme A Paris'
37 in. (94 cm.) high; 17 in. (43.2 cm.) wide; 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) deep
DE LORME, PARIS, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
CASE of glazed rectangular outline, the pediment with winged figure of Victory surmount, the canted angles with herm busts issuing foliate drapes DIAL with blue painted white enamel chapters with further enamel plate beneath the bezel 'De Lorme/A Paris' MOVEMENT the plates joined by five baluster pillars, with silk suspension, verge escapement, two large barrels and countwheel strike to bell mounted above the case, the backplate further signed 'De Lorme A Paris'
37 in. (94 cm.) high; 17 in. (43.2 cm.) wide; 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) deep
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