JEAN BAPTISTE DUTERTRE, PARIS. MID-18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK
JEAN BAPTISTE DUTERTRE, PARIS. MID-18TH CENTURY
The foliate, floral and pierced case with circular glazed white enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, signed J.B. DU.TERTRE/A PARIS, pierced and chased ormolu hands, the minute hand with a dolphin-shaped tip, the eight day twin barrel movement with silk suspension, anchor escapement and countwheel strike on bell, repeat signature to the backplate; later pendulum
52 cm. high

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Lot Essay

Jean-Baptiste Dutertre, maître in 1735.

A similar model is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de La Pendule Française, Paris, 1997, p. 97, ill. C.

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