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A good early 19th century French gilt and patinated bronze mantel clock Le Comte, Paris
21 November 2023, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £10,240 inc. premium
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Le Comte, Paris
Depicting a youth standing with his arms raised supporting the drum shaped case, beads about his neck and a quiver of arrows over his shoulder, his left foot slightly raised at the heel, set on a circular concave socle applied with floral swags and masks within beaded edges, on lion paw feet.
The 3.5 inch white enamel dial with minute track, Arabic quarters and Roman hours under delicate leaf-form blued steel hands, signed LeComte a Paria enclosed by a cast and beaded bezel.
The movement with circular, flat-bottomed plates, silk suspended pendulum and outside countwheel strike on a bell. Ticking and striking. With the pendulum and a winding key.
43cms (16.5ins) high.
Depicting a youth standing with his arms raised supporting the drum shaped case, beads about his neck and a quiver of arrows over his shoulder, his left foot slightly raised at the heel, set on a circular concave socle applied with floral swags and masks within beaded edges, on lion paw feet.
The 3.5 inch white enamel dial with minute track, Arabic quarters and Roman hours under delicate leaf-form blued steel hands, signed LeComte a Paria enclosed by a cast and beaded bezel.
The movement with circular, flat-bottomed plates, silk suspended pendulum and outside countwheel strike on a bell. Ticking and striking. With the pendulum and a winding key.
43cms (16.5ins) high.
Footnotes
Possibly Charles le Compte of Paris, Master in 1785 and working from Quai des Ormes 1789-1820.
Comparative Literature
P. Kjellberg, La Pendule Française, 1997, p.348, fig.A where reference is made to a preparatory drawing for this model signed "Deverbery et Cie" in 1799.
See also the catalogue for the Musée François Duesberg, Mons.