White marble, turquoise blue and gilded bronze clock of circ - Lot 211

Lot 211
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8000 - 10000 EUR
White marble, turquoise blue and gilded bronze clock of circ - Lot 211
White marble, turquoise blue and gilded bronze clock of circular form and underlined by pearl threads. Columns support a tray with gallery on which rests the white enamelled dials with Roman and Arabic numerals surmounted by an eagle. Circular base centered of a Love in cookie. Feet in discs. Movement by Hoguet in Paris. Louis XVI period. H: 38,5 cm. D. 17 cm. On a partially gilded wooden base (missing) and under a glass bell. Hoguet, clockmaker, most probably Jean-Gatien, received Master in 1773 or Toussaint-François, received Master in 1779. Bibliography: - Pierre Kjellberg, " Encyclopedia of the French clock ", Les éditions de l amateur, Paris, 1997. Comparable models reproduced on p.292 and 293. - Jean Dominique Augarde, " Les ouvriers du temps ", Antiquorum, Geneva, 1996. To be compared with another model with a rotating movement, by Barancourt, reproduced on p. 187.
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