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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND ENGRAVED GILT-BRASS GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE TABLE CLOCK
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND ENGRAVED GILT-BRASS GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE TABLE CLOCK
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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND ENGRAVED GILT-BRASS GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE TABLE CLOCK

PIERRE AMY, ST. MALO, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND ENGRAVED GILT-BRASS GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE TABLE CLOCK
PIERRE AMY, ST. MALO, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The silvered chapter ring with moonphase to center, signed to lower dial plate 'Pierre Amy a St. Malo'; the twin-train movement with Chevalier de Bethune escapement and silk suspension, strike work with double snail to backplate to strike petite-sonnerie during daylight hours and grande-sonnerie during night hours, single bell to top
9 ¾ in. (24.5 cm.) high, 4 in. (10 cm.) wide, 3 ½ in. (9 cm.) deep
Provenance
Christie's, London, 28 March 1973, lot 15.
The Time Museum, until sold:
Masterpieces from The Time Museum, Part IV, Sotheby's, New York, 13 October 2004, lot 565.
Exhibited
The Time Museum, Rockford, Illinois, Inventory No. 833.

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Lot Essay

Chevalier de Bethune introduced his escapement in the 1720's. It was used by Julien Le Roy and was described in Antoine Thiout's Traité de l'Horlogerie of 1741.
A small travelling clock with conforming case by Pierre Amy sold Christie's, South Kensington, 2 December 2014, lot 423.

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