Lot Essay
Franois Jacques Suchet is recorded in Angers between 1722 and 1743.
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A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOULLE BRASS-INLAID AND TORTOISESHELL BRACKET CLOCK
Inlaid overall with scrolling foliage, the circular chased dial with shaped enamel Roman and Arabic chapters, surrounding a low relief portrait medallion of the Dauphin flanked by fleur-de-lys, a pair of dolphins and foliage, with blued steel hands, above a pierced plaque centred by an oval enamel panel signed 'SUCHET A PARIS', the movement signed 'J Franois Suchet A Paris', the clock on turned foliate tapering feet, the bracket with a foliate berried finial, the bracket with remains of paper label inscribed in ink 'Mrs. Reginald... anwich H... ...' minor losses to the inlay, with pendulum, lacking winder
26 in. (66 cm.) high; 11 in. (29 cm.) wide; 6 in. (16 cm.) deep
Inlaid overall with scrolling foliage, the circular chased dial with shaped enamel Roman and Arabic chapters, surrounding a low relief portrait medallion of the Dauphin flanked by fleur-de-lys, a pair of dolphins and foliage, with blued steel hands, above a pierced plaque centred by an oval enamel panel signed 'SUCHET A PARIS', the movement signed 'J Franois Suchet A Paris', the clock on turned foliate tapering feet, the bracket with a foliate berried finial, the bracket with remains of paper label inscribed in ink 'Mrs. Reginald... anwich H... ...' minor losses to the inlay, with pendulum, lacking winder
26 in. (66 cm.) high; 11 in. (29 cm.) wide; 6 in. (16 cm.) deep
Provenance
Mrs. Reginald.
Sale room notice
The dial and the movement are probably associated. The top was probably previously domed.