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

FRANCOIS AUDINET, PARIS, CIRCA 1730, IN THE MANNER OF CHARLES CRESSENT

Closed23 March 2017

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GBP 27,500

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A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID AND TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
FRANCOIS AUDINET, PARIS, CIRCA 1730, IN THE MANNER OF CHARLES CRESSENT
The case with Cupid finial and applied with rams' head masks, the dial with white enamel chapters, the twin barrel movement with later anchor escapement, strike to bell, the backplate signed 'Audinet Paris'; together with an associated bracket
The clock 41 in. (104.2 cm.) high; 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) wide; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) deep; the bracket 17 in. (43.2 cm.) high; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) wide; 11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) deep

Specialist note

François Audinet, maître in 1725, recorded as working from rue des Petits-Champs in 1748.