Lot Essay
French religieuses of closely related design may be seen in R. Plomp, Early French Pendulum Clocks, 1658-1700, Schiedam, 2009, and particularly p. 50, pl. 74.
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P. REGNEAULT, PARIS. CIRCA 1675
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A LOUIS XIV EBONY, TORTOISESHELL, PEWTER-INLAID AND BRASS-MOUNTED STRIKING RELIGIEUSE CLOCK
P. REGNEAULT, PARIS. CIRCA 1675
CASE: the arch cresting with brass flowerheads mount (later?) and elongated glazed side panels, flambeau urn finials (one replaced) DIAL: velvet-covered dial applied with gilt-brass chapter ring, engraved brass hands, a swagged cartouche below signed 'P. Regneault/Paris' MOVEMENT: four tapered and ringed pillars joining rectangular plates, single spring barrel for time/strike, reconverted verge escapement with cycloidal cheeks, calibrated countwheel strike on bell above, the back plate signed (later?) 'P REGNEAUT A PARIS'; pendulum
19 1/8 in. (48.5 cm.) high; 11.18 in. (29.5 cm.) wide; 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) deep
P. REGNEAULT, PARIS. CIRCA 1675
CASE: the arch cresting with brass flowerheads mount (later?) and elongated glazed side panels, flambeau urn finials (one replaced) DIAL: velvet-covered dial applied with gilt-brass chapter ring, engraved brass hands, a swagged cartouche below signed 'P. Regneault/Paris' MOVEMENT: four tapered and ringed pillars joining rectangular plates, single spring barrel for time/strike, reconverted verge escapement with cycloidal cheeks, calibrated countwheel strike on bell above, the back plate signed (later?) 'P REGNEAUT A PARIS'; pendulum
19 1/8 in. (48.5 cm.) high; 11.18 in. (29.5 cm.) wide; 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) deep
Provenance
Formerly the property of the Reverend Dr George Clayton Tennyson, vicar of Sommersby and father of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, sold Sotheby's London, 18 December 1996, lot 324.
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