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Lot 355 Dα

An important Parisian cartel clock

Auction 1208 - overview Cologne
17.11.2022, 14:30 - Decorative Arts - Sculpture Bronze Furniture Textiles
Estimate: 30.000 € - 40.000 €
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An important Parisian cartel clock

Ormolu clock and bracket with glazed dial and ormolu model of dragon, the finial formed as a figure of Cupid with his bow and arrows. Verge escapement, thread suspension, half-hourly repetition on two bells and central alarm mechanism. The bronze stamped "c couronné". Dial and plate signed "Dauthiau AParis H.ger du Roy". The textile lining replaced. A chip beside the winding hole. H clock 49, H with bracket 71.5, W 24, D 14 cm.
Paris, Louis Dauthiau, 1745 - 49.

The most famous commission of the clockmaker Louis Dauthiau, born in 1713, was the large astronomical clock in the Château de Versailles, which today stands in the Salon de la Pendule and is considered one of the highlights of the collections. After a long phase of planning with the initiator, engineer and astronomer Claude-Siméon Passemant (1702 - 1769), this joint life's work reached completion and was presented for the first time in August 1749. The clock shown here was also made during this period and, from what we can infer from the decoration, was almost certainly ordered by the court.

Provenance

The J. Fremersdorf collection.
Private collection, Westphalia.

Literature

Illustrated full page in Tardy, La pendule française, vol. I, Paris 1967, p. 189.