Lot Essay
Tte Blanche, probably Joseph Weishaupt, matre horloger circa 1749 in Carlsbad.
SIGNED I.TETEBLANCHE/A.PARIS, THE BACKPLATE OF MOVEMENT ENGRAVED A:PARIS/I:TETEBLANCHE/NO:206, CIRCA 1750
Details
A LOUIS XV SILVERED AND GILT-BRONZE TRAVELLING CLOCK
Signed I.TETEBLANCHE/A.PARIS, the backplate of movement engraved A:PARIS/I:TETEBLANCHE/NO:206, Circa 1750
The circular white enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapter ring and pierced ormolu hands, the movement with twin chain fusees, verge escapement and large elaborately pierced foliate bridgecock planted on the backplate, within a waisted case surmounted with rocaille shell-work, similarly cast overall on scrolling feet, the sides pierced with rectangular occuli
6in. (17cm.) high, 3in. (8.5cm.) wide
Signed I.TETEBLANCHE/A.PARIS, the backplate of movement engraved A:PARIS/I:TETEBLANCHE/NO:206, Circa 1750
The circular white enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapter ring and pierced ormolu hands, the movement with twin chain fusees, verge escapement and large elaborately pierced foliate bridgecock planted on the backplate, within a waisted case surmounted with rocaille shell-work, similarly cast overall on scrolling feet, the sides pierced with rectangular occuli
6in. (17cm.) high, 3in. (8.5cm.) wide
Literature
D. Augarde, Les Ouvriers du Temps, Geneva, 1996, p. 95, figs. 57 and 58
Exhibited
New York, The Frick Collection, French Clocks in North American Collection, 1983, cat 58