Lot Essay
Pierre Gaudron, Faubourg St-Germain, Paris 1690-1730 (Maitre 1695) was Clockmaker to The Regent, Philippe d'Orléans
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GAUDRON, PARIS, CIRCA 1720
Details
A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' STRIKING RELIGIEUSE CLOCK
GAUDRON, PARIS, CIRCA 1720
The arched case with ball and cockerel finial above herm figural angle mounts, a pair of classical figures beneath the dial, with signature plaque Gaudron/ A Paris, the cast brass dial with enamel Roman hour plaques and Arabic minutes, blued steel hands, the twin barrel movement with verge escapement, silk suspension with cycloidal cheeks, rack striking to bell with passing half hour strike, signed back plate GAUDRON APARIS L/455, front plate stamped GB, with pendulum, on a later shaped late 19th Century stand with lambrequin to centre, with restorations
Overall: 30 in. (76.2 cm.) high; 17.1/4 in. (43.7 cm.) wide; 8.3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) deep
GAUDRON, PARIS, CIRCA 1720
The arched case with ball and cockerel finial above herm figural angle mounts, a pair of classical figures beneath the dial, with signature plaque Gaudron/ A Paris, the cast brass dial with enamel Roman hour plaques and Arabic minutes, blued steel hands, the twin barrel movement with verge escapement, silk suspension with cycloidal cheeks, rack striking to bell with passing half hour strike, signed back plate GAUDRON APARIS L/455, front plate stamped GB, with pendulum, on a later shaped late 19th Century stand with lambrequin to centre, with restorations
Overall: 30 in. (76.2 cm.) high; 17.1/4 in. (43.7 cm.) wide; 8.3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) deep
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