Lot Essay
Morel l'Aîné is recorded as active in Lyon 1788.
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SIGNED MOREL L'AINÉ A LYON, THE MOVEMENT 19TH CENTURY AND ASSOCIATED
Details
A LOUIS XV/XVI GREEN-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CARTEL CLOCK
Signed Morel L'ainé a Lyon, the movement 19th Century and associated
The white enamel dial with Roman chapter and Arabic minute rings, the movement with anchor escapement and long pendulum, contained in a shaped case, the dial surrounded by C-scrolls and foliage with berries and surmounted by a flaming urn, the case with a door centered by a bull's-eye lenticle in the door flanked by laurel leaf swag drapery
77in. (195.5cm.) high, 21in. (53cm.) wide
Signed Morel L'ainé a Lyon, the movement 19th Century and associated
The white enamel dial with Roman chapter and Arabic minute rings, the movement with anchor escapement and long pendulum, contained in a shaped case, the dial surrounded by C-scrolls and foliage with berries and surmounted by a flaming urn, the case with a door centered by a bull's-eye lenticle in the door flanked by laurel leaf swag drapery
77in. (195.5cm.) high, 21in. (53cm.) wide
Provenance
Purchased from Maurice Segoura, Paris, 1980