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A good third quarter of the 17th century French gilt metal mounted ebony veneered 'Pendule Religeuse' Baltazar Martinot, Paris
8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,000 inc. premium
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A good third quarter of the 17th century French gilt metal mounted ebony veneered 'Pendule Religeuse'
Baltazar Martinot, Paris
The tall rectangular case with suspension hoops to the rear over long glazed side panels, a moulded plinth and brass toupie feet, the door frame applied with a cast border, the velvet-covered 8 inch rectangular dial with applied foliate corner pieces and a hinged signature plaque, the gilt Roman chapter ring with floating star-shaped half-hour marks, each minute numbered to the periphery, good pierced and engraved hands, the single barrel movement with rectangular plates united by four pinned baluster pillars, signed along the lower edge the barrel driving both strike and going trains, the former with numbered countwheel mounted on the backplate striking on the bell above, the latter with verge escapement with cycloidal cheeks and silk suspension 43cms (16.5ins) high.
The tall rectangular case with suspension hoops to the rear over long glazed side panels, a moulded plinth and brass toupie feet, the door frame applied with a cast border, the velvet-covered 8 inch rectangular dial with applied foliate corner pieces and a hinged signature plaque, the gilt Roman chapter ring with floating star-shaped half-hour marks, each minute numbered to the periphery, good pierced and engraved hands, the single barrel movement with rectangular plates united by four pinned baluster pillars, signed along the lower edge the barrel driving both strike and going trains, the former with numbered countwheel mounted on the backplate striking on the bell above, the latter with verge escapement with cycloidal cheeks and silk suspension 43cms (16.5ins) high.
Footnotes
Baltazar Martinot (1637 - 1695), Clockmaker to Louis XIV.
Similar clocks are illustrated in Vehmeyer, pages 792-795 (Nicolas Hanet), page 808 (Isaac Thuret) and 816 (Nicolas Gribelin).