A LOUIS PHILIPPE ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
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A LOUIS PHILIPPE ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK

CAILLEAUX AND DENIERE, PARIS, CIRCA 1840, LATER TOLE PEINTE DECORATION TO THE BASE

Closed10 September 2013

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GBP 1,000

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A LOUIS PHILIPPE ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
CAILLEAUX AND DENIERE, PARIS, CIRCA 1840, LATER TOLE PEINTE DECORATION TO THE BASE
The case surmounted by a figure of Chronos holding an hourglass, the later enamel chapter ring with cut brass hands, the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and pierced countwheel strike on bell, the backplate stamped 96 DENIERE A PARIS and CAILLEAUX, with pendulum; winding key, the tole-peinte base redecorated
27 1/8 in. (69 cm.) high; 19½ in. (49.5 cm.) wide; 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Cailleaux is recorded at Rue du Temple from 1842 to 1870 and Denière was a noted bronzier (Tardy, Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français, Paris, pp. 106, 176).