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THE CLOCK CASE STAMPED TWICE AND THE BRACKET STAMPED ONCE 'J. GOYER' AND 'JME', THE DIAL SIGNED 'J.BOUCHET A PARIS', CIRCA 1745-1749, PARTIALLY REMOUNTED INCLUDING FLORAL SPRAY TO TOP AND THE SIDES OF BASE
Details
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED POLYCHROME STAINED HORN AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL BOULLE MARQUETRY BRACKET CLOCK
THE CLOCK CASE STAMPED TWICE AND THE BRACKET STAMPED ONCE 'J. GOYER' AND 'JME', THE DIAL SIGNED 'J.BOUCHET A PARIS', CIRCA 1745-1749, PARTIALLY REMOUNTED INCLUDING FLORAL SPRAY TO TOP AND THE SIDES OF BASE
The circular dial of foliate-cast ormolu with white enamel Roman and Arabic chapters, the center signed 'J. Bouchet A Paris', blued steel hands, the movement with rectangular plates joined by four back-pinned pillars, verge escapement with silk suspended pendulum, countwheel strike on a bell, similarly signed backplate, with enameled Roman numerals and signed, within a shaped case inlaid overall with multi-colored floral sprays the central glazed door with scrolling acanthus and floral mounts enclosing an inlaid brass interior, on scrolled acanthus feet and on a similarly inlaid and mounted bracket, the mounts stamped eleven times with the C-couronné poinçon, regilt, some mounts stamped 'GP'
50 in. (127 cm.) high, 16 ¼ in. (41.3 cm.) wide
THE CLOCK CASE STAMPED TWICE AND THE BRACKET STAMPED ONCE 'J. GOYER' AND 'JME', THE DIAL SIGNED 'J.BOUCHET A PARIS', CIRCA 1745-1749, PARTIALLY REMOUNTED INCLUDING FLORAL SPRAY TO TOP AND THE SIDES OF BASE
The circular dial of foliate-cast ormolu with white enamel Roman and Arabic chapters, the center signed 'J. Bouchet A Paris', blued steel hands, the movement with rectangular plates joined by four back-pinned pillars, verge escapement with silk suspended pendulum, countwheel strike on a bell, similarly signed backplate, with enameled Roman numerals and signed, within a shaped case inlaid overall with multi-colored floral sprays the central glazed door with scrolling acanthus and floral mounts enclosing an inlaid brass interior, on scrolled acanthus feet and on a similarly inlaid and mounted bracket, the mounts stamped eleven times with the C-couronné poinçon, regilt, some mounts stamped 'GP'
50 in. (127 cm.) high, 16 ¼ in. (41.3 cm.) wide
Provenance
Partridge; Christie's New York, 17 May 2006, lot 161
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