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A late 17th century French pewter-inlaid ebony and tortoiseshell veneered religieuse wall clock and bracket Pierre Du Chesne a Paris 5
11 December 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £6,000
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A late 17th century French pewter-inlaid ebony and tortoiseshell veneered religieuse wall clock and bracket
Pierre Du Chesne a Paris
The rectangular case with arched cresting flanked by cone finials, set to the rear with two suspension loops, over long glazed side panels and a moulded base on bun feet, the glazed front door inlaid with interlocking panels, the 7.5 inch rectangular velvet covered dial plate with applied brass Roman chapter ring, with each minute engraved to the outer edge, with arrow half markers and pierced and engraved gilt hands set over the single winding square and cast gilt brass hinged signature lambrequin, the single train movement with rectangular plates united by four knopped pillars pinned through the backplate, the large single brass barrel powering both the going- and striking- trains, the former with verge escapement to a silk suspended pendulum with cycloidal cheeks, the latter with solid outside countwheel, activating the bell mounted above the case with a vertical hammer. Together with the matching wall bracket, a case key, a loose glass side panel and a silk suspension pendulum. Ticking and striking.
62cms (24.5ins) high (including wall bracket) (5)
The rectangular case with arched cresting flanked by cone finials, set to the rear with two suspension loops, over long glazed side panels and a moulded base on bun feet, the glazed front door inlaid with interlocking panels, the 7.5 inch rectangular velvet covered dial plate with applied brass Roman chapter ring, with each minute engraved to the outer edge, with arrow half markers and pierced and engraved gilt hands set over the single winding square and cast gilt brass hinged signature lambrequin, the single train movement with rectangular plates united by four knopped pillars pinned through the backplate, the large single brass barrel powering both the going- and striking- trains, the former with verge escapement to a silk suspended pendulum with cycloidal cheeks, the latter with solid outside countwheel, activating the bell mounted above the case with a vertical hammer. Together with the matching wall bracket, a case key, a loose glass side panel and a silk suspension pendulum. Ticking and striking.
62cms (24.5ins) high (including wall bracket) (5)
Footnotes
Pierre Du Chesne was received as a master in the Guild of Faubourg Saint Germain in March of 1675 and the city of Paris in June of the same year.
The religieuse clock case imitates church tabernacles, hence the name.