Lot Essay
Thomé is recorded as working in Versailles in 1820 (Tardy, Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français, Paris, p.612)
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THE PROPERTY OF A FLORENTINE COLLECTOR
A FRENCH ORMOLU STRIKING CARTEL CLOCK
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, THOME, VERSAILLES, CIRCA 1820 AND LATER
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A FRENCH ORMOLU STRIKING CARTEL CLOCK
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, THOME, VERSAILLES, CIRCA 1820 AND LATER
The top of case with an urn and pinecone finials, above an arch and suspending drapery swags and scrolling acanthus leaves, a glass aperture below dial with classical mask to lower section, the associated enamel dial with Roman hours, Arabic five-minutes and concentric date hand, signed Thomé A VERSAILLES, the associated twin barrel movement with anchor escapement, silk suspension and count wheel strike to bell, with pendulum; winding key and regulating key
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 16½ in. (42 cm.) wide; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) deep
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, THOME, VERSAILLES, CIRCA 1820 AND LATER
The top of case with an urn and pinecone finials, above an arch and suspending drapery swags and scrolling acanthus leaves, a glass aperture below dial with classical mask to lower section, the associated enamel dial with Roman hours, Arabic five-minutes and concentric date hand, signed Thomé A VERSAILLES, the associated twin barrel movement with anchor escapement, silk suspension and count wheel strike to bell, with pendulum; winding key and regulating key
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 16½ in. (42 cm.) wide; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) deep
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