Lot 11
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LOUIS XV ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK

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LOUIS XV ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
A. FURET A PARIS

On base cast and chased with leafy scrolls supporting figure of a lady reclining beneath palm fronds, the adjacent circular case with moulded bezel enclosing signed white enamel dial with blue roman chapters and black arabic numerals, gilt fleur-de-lis hands, the movement with anchor escapement, thread suspension to pendulum, striking the hour and half hour by means of crossed out countwheel, c. 1765--12 1/2 in. (32 cm.) high

Lot Essay

This well known model has been identified with the clock on the mantelpiece of the Duc de Choiseuil's bedchamber depicted in miniatures by Van Blarenberghe. It is related to chenets of c. 1760 incorporating Chinese figures of a type found in the inventories of Jacques and Philipe Caffieri. (see F.J.B. Watson, The Choiseuil Box, London, 1963).

Probably Jean-Baptiste-André Furet (active after 1746, d. 1807) who is known to have produced clocks of this type.