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A FRENCH GILT-BRASS AND LIMOGES ENAMEL MOUNTED QUARTER-STRIKING CARRIAGE CLOCK
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A FRENCH GILT-BRASS AND LIMOGES ENAMEL MOUNTED QUARTER-STRIKING CARRIAGE CLOCK

RETAILED BY BIGELOW, KENNARD & CO., BOSTON. CIRCA 1890

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A FRENCH GILT-BRASS AND LIMOGES ENAMEL MOUNTED QUARTER-STRIKING CARRIAGE CLOCK
RETAILED BY BIGELOW, KENNARD & CO., BOSTON. CIRCA 1890
THE ART NOUVEAU CASE WITH FLUTED ANGLES AND FOLIATE SCROLL MOUNTS, MOUNTED WITH CRIMSON ENAMEL PANELS TO THE SIDES POLYCHROME PAINTED WITH PROFILE PORTRAITS OF LADIES IN THE PRE-RAPHAELITE MANNER, EACH PANEL SIGNED WITH THE MONOGRAM EA, THEIR DRESSES MOUNTED WITH JEWELLED ORNAMENT, THE DIAL WITH WHITE ROMAN CHAPTER RING WITH RETAILER'S SIGNATURE BIGELOW, KENNARD & CO BOSTON, WITH PLAIN CENTRE AND WITHIN AN ELABORATE FRAME OF LEAVES AND FLOWERS, WITH FEMALE MASK BELOW, GILT-HANDS, THE SILVERED LEVER PLATFORM WITH CUT BIMETALLIC BALANCE, TWO-POSITION SONNERIE ADJUSTMENT LEVER TO THE UNDERSIDE, QUARTER-STRIKING AND REPEATING ON TWO GONGS ON THE BACKPLATE NUMBERED 1031
6½IN. (16.5CM.) HIGH
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拍品专文

THE VIVID CRIMSON LIMOGES ENAMEL PANELS OF THIS CLOCK ARE RARE; AMONGST THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF LIMOGES ENAMEL CARRIAGE CLOCKS IN REFERENCE WORKS BY CHARLES ALLIX, DEREK ROBERTS AND JOSEPH FANELLI THE EXAMPLES SHOWN ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY HAVE A BLACK GROUND. INDEED, DEREK ROBERTS SUGGESTS THAT THIS RELATES TO THE TRADITION OF ENAMELLING AT LIMOGES: 'IN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES THE WORK WAS OFTEN DONE IN GRISAILLE, A BLUE OR BLACK BACKGROUND WITH DESIGNS PAINTED IN WHITE ENAMEL. IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT ON THE LIMOGES ENAMEL PANELS USED IN CARRIAGE CLOCKS, MOSTLY BETWEEN 1870-1910, A BLACK OR OCCASIONALLY A DARK BLUE BACKGROUND WAS ALSO GENERALLY USED...' THE USE OF A MORE VIVID COLOUR ON BOTH THE GROUND AND THE PORTRAITS IN THIS INSTANCE IS IN KEEPING WITH THE DESIGN OF THE CASE, WHICH CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES AN ART NOUVEAU INFLUENCE.