A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS AND TORTOISESHELL INLAID 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY STRIKING CLOCK AND BRACKET
Lot 92

A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS AND TORTOISESHELL INLAID 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY STRIKING CLOCK AND BRACKET

THE MOVEMENT BY GOUCHON, PARIS, THE CASE BY FRANCOIS GOYER, FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, SOME MOUNTS LATER

Closed23 March 2017

Price Realised

GBP 35,000

More Information

How to sell

A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS AND TORTOISESHELL INLAID 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY STRIKING CLOCK AND BRACKET
THE MOVEMENT BY GOUCHON, PARIS, THE CASE BY FRANCOIS GOYER, FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, SOME MOUNTS LATER
The case with eagle finial, stamped to top of case and bracket 'F. GOY.R JME', the dial signed 'GOUCHON A PARIS', the twin barrel movement with later escapement and countwheel strike to bell, the backplate signed 'Gouchon A Paris'
65 in. (165 cm.) high; 26 ½ in. (67.5 cm.) wide; 10 ½ in. (26.6 cm.) deep; the bracket 18 in. (45.7 cm.) high; 26 ½ in. (67.3 cm.) wide; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 20 April 2007, lot 2.

Specialist note

Francois Goyer, maitre 1740. The movement probably by Jacques Gouchon.