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Cartel clock

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Cartel clock. Cartel clock<br />
Paris, c. 1775<br />
Transition period<br />
Signed on the movement plate:&nbsp; &nbsp; CROSNIER<br />
Antoine Crosnier, Paris, Rue St.-Honor&eacute;<br />
Gilded bronze, cast and chiselled.<br />
The cartouche-shaped body features a cylindrical clock case with a side-opening panel, which is filled with a filigree latticework pierced with floral ornamentation.<br />
Alongside delicate mouldings, acanthus foliage running in flowing, dynamic lines forms the outer edge.<br />
Below the framed pendulum window, the frame tapers off into dynamic, sculpturally protruding acanthus foliage. The body is crowned by a slightly domed and openwork cartouche, in front of which stands a sculptural figure of a boy.<br />
Realistically rendered floral tendrils border the outer edge in a loose arrangement.<br />
Solid brass plate work, spindle escapement, half-hour and hour chime on a bell, pendulum with thread suspension.<br />
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Ref: 57

Cartel clock

Gilded bronze, cast and chiselled
Literature:
Hans Ottomeyer/Peter Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol. I, Munich 1986, p. 117, figs. 2.5.12 and 2.5.13
Tardy, Dictionnaire des Horlogers Francais, Paris 1971, p. 148
Tardy, Le Pendule Française, Part 1, Paris 1974, p. 187, fig. 3, and p. 194, fig. 2
 
Description: Cartel clock
Paris, c. 1775
Transition period
Signed on the movement plate:    CROSNIER
Antoine Crosnier, Paris, Rue St.-Honoré
Gilded bronze, cast and chiselled.
The cartouche-shaped body features a cylindrical clock case with a side-opening panel, which is filled with a filigree latticework pierced with floral ornamentation.
Alongside delicate mouldings, acanthus foliage running in flowing, dynamic lines forms the outer edge.
Below the framed pendulum window, the frame tapers off into dynamic, sculpturally protruding acanthus foliage. The body is crowned by a slightly domed and openwork cartouche, in front of which stands a sculptural figure of a boy.
Realistically rendered floral tendrils border the outer edge in a loose arrangement.
Solid brass plate work, spindle escapement, half-hour and hour chime on a bell, pendulum with thread suspension.









 

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