A REGENCE BRASS-INLAID BROWN TORTOISESHELL AND GILT-BRONZE CARTEL CLOCK, the circular glazed gilt-bronze and enamelled dial with individual Roman and Arabic enamel numerals within a foliate border and with blued-steel handles, the gadrooned bezel set into a circular drum surmounted by a group of Pegasus and Perseus, flanking a palm tree on an arched moulded base, the sides applied with strapwork C-scrolls and upspringing acanthus flanking floral trellis panels, above a rockwork C-scroll apron in the form of a lion with entwined pelts and scrolled foliate boss, the movement signed J.B. Duchesne AParis, the pendulum indistinctly stamped and scratched MEIKLE/OWN, with later escapement stamped BROCOT PROP

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A REGENCE BRASS-INLAID BROWN TORTOISESHELL AND GILT-BRONZE CARTEL CLOCK, the circular glazed gilt-bronze and enamelled dial with individual Roman and Arabic enamel numerals within a foliate border and with blued-steel handles, the gadrooned bezel set into a circular drum surmounted by a group of Pegasus and Perseus, flanking a palm tree on an arched moulded base, the sides applied with strapwork C-scrolls and upspringing acanthus flanking floral trellis panels, above a rockwork C-scroll apron in the form of a lion with entwined pelts and scrolled foliate boss, the movement signed J.B. Duchesne AParis, the pendulum indistinctly stamped and scratched MEIKLE/OWN, with later escapement stamped BROCOT PROP
20in. (51cm.) high; 11in. (28cm.) wide
Provenance
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., 25 Park Lane, W.1., recorded in the Large Drawing Room in the pre-1927 inventory and depicted there in Sir John Lavery's picture of the room 'The Red Hat', dated 1925

Lot Essay

Jean-Baptiste Duchesne, maître in 1723

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