CAUSARD, PARIS, CIRCA 1750

細節

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU STRIKING CARTEL CLOCK
CAUSARD, PARIS, CIRCA 1750
The enamel dial signed 'CAUSARD H.ER. DU ROY./ SUIU.T. LA COUR', the twin barrel movement with later regulation, countwheel strike to two bells
44 in. (111.8 cm.) high; 27 in (69.6 cm.) wide; 9 ½ in. (24.1 cm.) deep

來源

The Alberto Bruni Tedeschi Collection; sold Sotheby's, London, 22 March 2007, lot 84.

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拍品專文

Almost certainly by Edme-Jean Causard (1720-1780). Ouvrier libre and horloger privilégié du Roi.
The clock case represents Night and Day. Two similar cartel clocks are illustrated in P. Kjellberg, L'Encyclopédie de La Pendule Francaise, Paris, 1997, p. 103, figs. C & D.

CAUSARD, PARIS, CIRCA 1750

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