Live Auction 5706The Opulent Eye - 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe
A REGENCE STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD QUARTER-STRIKING 'REGULATEUR'
Lot 165

A REGENCE STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD QUARTER-STRIKING 'REGULATEUR'

AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, PARIS, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed20 September 2012

Price Realised

GBP 20,000

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

A REGENCE STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD QUARTER-STRIKING 'REGULATEUR'
AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, PARIS, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
CASE: surmounted by figure of Chronos holding a scythe, the façade with musical trophy mount and shaped lenticle, scroll and acanthus mounts to the front corners, the reverse of one hood mount stamped 'GP' the edge of the door impressed '8118' DIAL: white enamel signed 'Ma... AParis' with blued-steel hands MOVEMENT: twin barrels with Brocot escapement and square plates, quarter-striking on two coiled gongs; with Apollo-mask pendulum, winding key, key to case
106 in. (269.2 cm.) high; 27½ in. (70 cm.) wide; 15¾ in. (40 cm.) deep

Specialist note

An example of Charles Cressent's original régulateur, of which the present model is a copy, is in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace (illustrated in A. Pradére, Les Ebénistes Français de Louis XIV à la Révolution, Paris, 1989, p. 135). For a virtually identical example similarly stamped 'GP' for the bronzier workshop, see Sotheby's New York, 16 November 2011, lot 274 (sold $62,500 USD). The partial dial signature, 'Ma..', may refer to Martinot, whose name appears on the dial of a closely related model (see Christie's London, 24 September 2008, lot 96, sold £55,250).