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Lot 120*
An early 20th century French 'Angelus' carriage clock The base stamped LXF for Lucien Falize, the movement numbered 2807
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,625 inc. premium
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An early 20th century French 'Angelus' carriage clock
The base stamped LXF for Lucien Falize, the movement numbered 2807
The finely cast white metal case surmounted by a handle formed as intertwined dragons, the sides embellished with twelve panels depicting agricultural activity related to the month; sowing, harvesting, threshing etc, the reverse inscribed 'Vigilate quia nefcitis diem neque horam' Watch thee, for you know not the day nor the hour', fitted with a door concealing the winder, the 2.5 inch Roman dial with pierced strapwork centre over a panel depicting the Annunciation, the two train spring barrel movement with single winding handle for both trains, striking on the hour and half hour. 18cms (7ins) high.
The finely cast white metal case surmounted by a handle formed as intertwined dragons, the sides embellished with twelve panels depicting agricultural activity related to the month; sowing, harvesting, threshing etc, the reverse inscribed 'Vigilate quia nefcitis diem neque horam' Watch thee, for you know not the day nor the hour', fitted with a door concealing the winder, the 2.5 inch Roman dial with pierced strapwork centre over a panel depicting the Annunciation, the two train spring barrel movement with single winding handle for both trains, striking on the hour and half hour. 18cms (7ins) high.
Footnotes
This lot is an early copy of the ivory clock designed by Lucien Falize for the 1878 Exposition Universelle in Paris.
Lucien Falize (1839-1897) was a second generation Parisian jeweller who was particularly influenced by the enamel art of Japan and the revival of interest in Renaissance art so popular in the last quarter of the 19th century. In his own catalogue of the works he exhibited in the 1878 Exposition, Falize lists the outside craftsmen that worked for him in production of the ivory original; he lists his "Collaborateurs" as:
"Joindy et Baudoin, Sculpteurs
Chardon, Olive et Orseni, Bijoutiers
Brard, Ciseleur
H. Loiret, Horologer
Auxenfants, Fondeur."
A silver example of this clock was sold in these rooms 17th June 2003 for £13,000.
Another silvered variant with taller base is illustrated in Fanelli 'A Century of Fine Carriage Clocks', Bronxville 1987, item number 39.