Lot Essay
Balthazar Lieutaud was elected maître in 1749. Established first in the rue de la Pelleterie and then rue d'Enfer, Paris, Lieutaud is known to have worked with such maître-bronziers as Charles Grimpelle, Edmé Roye and Caffieri Jeune.
The Tavernier dynasty of horlogers flourished in Paris from circa 1740-1820. This clock is likely to be by Jean-Pierre Tavernier (maître-horloger in 1746), who was established in the rue de Bucy in 1748 and published his 'Table de différence du temps vrai au temps moyen' in 1754.
A related vérnis martin bracket clock stamped B. Lieutaud is in the Passerat collection (illustrated in Tardy, La Pendule Français, vol. I. p. 161.), while a further japanned bracket clock stamped B. Lieutaud was offered anonymously at Sotheby's London, 5 July 1985, lot 94.
The Tavernier dynasty of horlogers flourished in Paris from circa 1740-1820. This clock is likely to be by Jean-Pierre Tavernier (maître-horloger in 1746), who was established in the rue de Bucy in 1748 and published his 'Table de différence du temps vrai au temps moyen' in 1754.
A related vérnis martin bracket clock stamped B. Lieutaud is in the Passerat collection (illustrated in Tardy, La Pendule Français, vol. I. p. 161.), while a further japanned bracket clock stamped B. Lieutaud was offered anonymously at Sotheby's London, 5 July 1985, lot 94.