Lot Essay
Antoine Thiout (d. 1767), became horloger to the duc D'Orléans in 1751.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
(Lots 122-123)
AN EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND EBONISED REGULATEUR
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AN EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND EBONISED REGULATEUR
The glazed circular dial with metal face with Roman and Arabic chapters, signed 'THIOUT L'AINE PARIS', below a satyr's-mask flanked by foliate scrolls, the pedestal with moulded rectangular top above a guilloche-frieze and waisted tapering base inlaid with brass-banding with a maiden's mask to the top, the central glazed escutcheons above a further satyr, on a moulded plinth base, restorations and partially remounted
17 in. (42 cm.) wide; 77 in. (195.5 cm.) high; 10½ in. (27 cm.) deep
The glazed circular dial with metal face with Roman and Arabic chapters, signed 'THIOUT L'AINE PARIS', below a satyr's-mask flanked by foliate scrolls, the pedestal with moulded rectangular top above a guilloche-frieze and waisted tapering base inlaid with brass-banding with a maiden's mask to the top, the central glazed escutcheons above a further satyr, on a moulded plinth base, restorations and partially remounted
17 in. (42 cm.) wide; 77 in. (195.5 cm.) high; 10½ in. (27 cm.) deep