Lot Essay
Pierre II Gille dit Gille l'Ainé, maître in 1746.
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THE MOVEMENT BY GILLE L’AINE, CIRCA 1770
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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK
THE MOVEMENT BY GILLE L’AINE, CIRCA 1770
The architectural case surmounted by an urn with foliate finial, Vitruvian scroll collar and lion’s mask handles, above an egg-and-dart cast arch supported by entrelac-cast volutes surmounted by pinecone finials and hung with oak-and-acorn garlands, above an acanthus and berried boss, the sides with pierced trellis lined with silk, the white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic chapters and signed 'GILLE. LAINÉ / A PARIS', with pierced-gilt hands, the twin-barrel movement with anchor escapement and later Brocot regulation and countwheel strike to bell, the chamfered square plates joined by five pillars
29 ½ in. (75 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) wide
THE MOVEMENT BY GILLE L’AINE, CIRCA 1770
The architectural case surmounted by an urn with foliate finial, Vitruvian scroll collar and lion’s mask handles, above an egg-and-dart cast arch supported by entrelac-cast volutes surmounted by pinecone finials and hung with oak-and-acorn garlands, above an acanthus and berried boss, the sides with pierced trellis lined with silk, the white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic chapters and signed 'GILLE. LAINÉ / A PARIS', with pierced-gilt hands, the twin-barrel movement with anchor escapement and later Brocot regulation and countwheel strike to bell, the chamfered square plates joined by five pillars
29 ½ in. (75 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) wide
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Amelia Walker
Director, Specialist Head of Private & Iconic Collections
Pierre II Gille dit Gille l'Ainé, maître in 1746.