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A LARGE GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED, TORTOISESHELL AND BOULLE MARQUETRY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK 'AUX CHEVAUX' ON WALL BRACKET
Lot 741

A LARGE GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED, TORTOISESHELL AND BOULLE MARQUETRY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK 'AUX CHEVAUX' ON WALL BRACKET

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE DESIGN BY LESCURE; THE MOVEMENT BY VINCENTI

Fermé1 July 2010

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EUR 7,500

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A LARGE GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED, TORTOISESHELL AND BOULLE MARQUETRY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK 'AUX CHEVAUX' ON WALL BRACKET
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE DESIGN BY LESCURE; THE MOVEMENT BY VINCENTI
The case of typical form, the cast dial with enamel Roman chapters, the door mounted with a chariot and two horses, the feet modelled as horses, on a waved plinth and conforming wall bracket, twin barrel movement with spring suspension, strike on bell, backplate stamped Vincenti
150 cm. high (overall)

Note du spécialiste

Lescure, cabinet-maker recorded working in Paris around 1910, who specialized in the 'aux chevaux' type clocks.
A related model by Lescure is illustrated in Tardy, French Clocks, Volume I, Paris, 1981, p. 157.
Related clocks are successfully sold Christie's Amsterdam, 14 February 2006, lot 648; 3 April 2007, lot 454; And 15 December 2008, lot 645.