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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MONTH-GOING MEAN AND SOLAR TIME MANTEL REGULATOR WITH REMONTOIRE

Lot 33
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Lot 33 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MONTH-GOING MEAN AND SOLAR TIME MANTEL REGULATOR WITH REMONTOIRE
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MONTH-GOING MEAN AND SOLAR TIME MANTEL REGULATOR WITH REMONTOIRE
THE CLOCKMAKER ROBERT ROBIN, PARIS, THE ENAMELLER JOSEPH COTEAU, THE DIAL DATED 1778
The glazed CASE with acanthus leaf and beaded border to the top, laurel leaf and berry mouldings to the borders on side panels and front and rear doors, on block feet, the DIAL with beaded border to the convex glass and drapery swag below, the white enamel with Roman hours and Arabic five minute markers, outer concentric year calendar indicating months and days bordered by the corresponding polychrome zodiac symbols painted in gilt-framed ovals linked by floral painted garlands, signed to the centre 'Robin / A PARIS' and to the lower edge 'Coteau ft...', further signed to the reverse 'Coteau / le l. Juillet 1778', pierced and engraved ormolu fleur-de-lis hour hand, pierced and engraved solar minute hand with lyre and sun, blued steel hand for mean time with star counter-balance, pierced blued steel calendar hand and blued steel centre seconds, the concealed dial plate with winding squares, inscribed to the lower edge 'Remontez à gauche / Celui de Droit' and with lever inscribed 'faites passer le quantieme’ to the right hand corner, the MOVEMENT with twin interconnecting going barrels driving re-wind system for weight-driven one minute remontoire mounted on the backplate, half-second Graham-type dead beat escapement with fine beat adjustment to the crutch, pivoted knife edge suspension bracket secured to the rear of the case for the nine rod brass and blued steel gridiron pendulum, pendulum locking wheel to underside of case, the pendulum bob inset with enamel plaque painted after Boucher with a young lady on a swing, signed on reverse 'Coteau ...778', equation of time kidney and calendar work mounted to the front plate under the dial; two brass weights
16 ¼ in. (41 cm.) high; 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) wide; 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) deep




Provenance

Time Museum inventory no. 3463.
Masterpieces from the Time Museum; Sotheby's, New York, 2 December 1999, lot 63.
Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, London, 8 July 2010, lot 72.
A distinguished Private Collection.



Literature

David S.Landes, L’Heure qu’il est: Les horloges, la Mesure du temps et la formation du monde moderne, Paris, 1987.
Derek Roberts, Precision Pendulum Clocks, France, Germany, America and Recent Advancements, Pennsylvania 2004, pp. 32-33, figs. 26 A-C.




Exhibited

The Time Museum, Illinois, U.S.A.
Applied technique:Metalwork, Solar time
Medium:Acrylic glass, Brass, Enamel, Gilding, Plastic
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Category:Decor
Auction house category:Clocks - Furnishings, Tables
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