A Louis XVI white marble and ormolu skeletonised pendule a cercles tournants

DE DUBOIS A PARIS. CIRCA 1780

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A Louis XVI white marble and ormolu skeletonised pendule a cercles tournants
De Dubois a Paris. Circa 1780
With revolving sectional enamel chapter rings for hours and minutes, signed DE DUBOIS on 60 and A PARIS on 60, the horizontal movement with circular plates, inverted anchor escapement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell; on associated ebonised plinth with later glass dome; pendulum, winding key
17 2/3 in. (44.5 cm.) high, 21 in. (53 cm.) high over dome

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, Continental and American Skeleton Clocks, Schiffer, Pennsylvania, 1989, p.17, fig.3.
Pierre Kjellberg, La Pendule Francaise, Les Éditions de l'amateur, Paris, 1997, pp.292-293, figs.A-E.
Tardy, French Clocks, Part II, Paris, 1981, pp.87-88.

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