Boulle-style wall clock
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1720
Boulle-style wall clock on a wall console, Régence / Louis XV, France, c. 1720, signed J.PREUOST A PARIS, the case, glazed on three sides, features fine ornamental and floral brass inlays as well as lavish gilded bronze work; the pediment is surmounted by a fully sculpted figure of Athena with shield and spear, the finely chiselled dial is gilded and features enamelled numeral cartouches and blue Roman numeral hour markers, with an enamelled cartouche below bearing the signature ‘J.PREOUST A PARIS’, the movement, suspended by a thread from the rear plate, also signed “J.Preuost A Paris”; the inner base of the case featuring guilloché-style two-tone marquetry; the matching wall console with mascarons at the corners, Total height including console: 122 cm.
Jean Prevost, master watchmaker in Paris, Pont-au-Change, mentioned in 1700 Cartelluhr in Boulle-Technik auf Wandkonsole, Régence / Louis XV, Frankreich, um 1720, signiert J.PREUOST A PARIS, das dreiseitig verglaste Gehäuse mit feinen ornamentalen und floralen Messingeinlagen sowie überreichen vergoldeten Bronzen, der Giebelaufsatz mit einer vollplastischen Darstellung Athenes mit Schild und Speer, das fein ziselierte Zifferblatt vergoldet und mit emaillierten Ziffernkartuschen und blauen römischen Indizes, darunter eine emaillierte Kartusche mit der Signatur "J.PREOUST A PARIS", das Uhrwerk mit Fadenaufhängung auf der rückseitigen Platine ebenso signiert "J.Preuost A Paris", der innere Boden des Gehäuses mit Guilloche-artiger zweifarbiger Marketerie, die korrespondierende Wandkonsole mit Mascarons auf den Ecken, Gesamthöhe inkl.
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- brass inlays as well as lavish gilded bronze work
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 122 cm
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 206488345
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.