BY VANDENAARSE, CIRCA 1771, THE DIAL SIGNED ANDRE FURET A PARIS, THE BRACKET STAMPED VANDENARSSE

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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED GREEN AND POLYCHROME VERNIS MARTIN BRACKET CLOCK
BY VANDENAARSE, CIRCA 1771, THE DIAL SIGNED ANDRE FURET A PARIS, THE BRACKET STAMPED VANDENARSSE
Decorated overall with roses and floral sprays, the circular glazed enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapters, glazed aperture centred below to display motion of the pendulum, the domed floral cresting centred by a sunflower, the sides with pierced scrolls and trailing foliage above a border of ribbon-tied laurel leaves, on paw feet, decorated overall with blossoming foliage and a sheep and a goat standing by a tree, above a berried foliate boss, the movement signed 'Andre Furet A Paris', and with silk-suspension and countwheel strike on a bell, with French & Company inventory number '37375'
36 in. (93 cm.) high; 15 in. (39 cm.) wide

Provenance

Acquired from E. Ruegg by French and Co. on 10 September 1930.
Acquired from French and Co. by Marcel Bissey, Paris, on 16 May 1959.
The Alexander Collection, sold Christie's New York, 30 April 1999, lot 142.

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Lot Essay

Silvain-Lambert Vandernasse, maître in 1771.

Either Jean-André Furet (c.1690-c.1778), maître 1 December 1710, who worked notably for the Court of Augustus II of Saxony, or his brother, Jean-Baptiste André Furet (c.1720-1807), maître 18 November 1746, appointed Horloger Ordinaire du Roi pour sa Bibliothèque in 1758. Recorded in the rue Saint Honoré in 1747, at the time of his bankruptcy in 1786 his stock included 98 clocks valued at 63,903 livres, including a model of the famous pendule la Négresse, the first example of which was purchased by Marie-Antoinette.

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