A French brass-inlaid ebony bracket clock "Religieuse"

BY MARGUERITE, PARIS, LATE 17TH CENTURY

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A French brass-inlaid ebony bracket clock "Religieuse"
By Marguerite, Paris, late 17th Century
The arched glazed case flanked by Corinthean columns centred by the velvet-covered dial with gilt-metal chapterring, above a foliate engraved plaque signed Marguerite A Paris, the movement with verge escapement and outside countwheel strike on a later bell above the backplate signed Marguerite AParis/St. Germain, minor restorations
45cm. high x 30.5cm. wide x 16cm. deep

Lot Essay

Mathieu Marguerite was active as a clockmaker in Faubourg St. Germain, Paris, from 1675 onwards (Tardy, Dictionnaire des Horlogers Francais, Paris, 1972, p.433)

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