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A French Louis XV small gilt brass mounted boulle
A French Louis XV small gilt brass mounted boulle
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A French Louis XV small gilt brass mounted boulle bracket timepiece with 'silent' pull quarter repeat Saint Martin, Paris, circa 1740 The movement with rounded lower angles to both plates united by four baluster turned pillars pinned through the backplate signed Saint Martin AParis to lower margin, the going train with large diameter mainspring barrel, tic-tac escapement with offset pallets and silk pendulum suspension, the quarter repeat mechanism sounding the hours and quarters on a nest of three bells contained within the superstructure of the case on demand only, the 5.5 inch circular thirteen-piece blue on white enamel Roman numeral cartouche dial with plain centre within chapter ring with scroll chased borders to the applied numerals and outer minute track, with sculpted blued steel hands and applied enamel plate inscribed S. MARTIN, APARIS to lower margin, the waisted cut brass, polychrome stained shell and mother-of-pearl contra-parti veneered case applied with gilt surmount cast as a cherub feeding with a straw from a scallop shell over leafy corner mounts to the cavetto-shaped superstructure above cartouche-centred scroll cast crest and shaped bead-bordered glazed door applied with apron mount cast as a child Chronos holding a sandglass, set within leafy trail surround applied with further foliate mounts to angles and with tall brass-lined recessed arch windows within conforming floral scroll decorated infill to sides, the interior with symmetrical rococo panel veneered rear door over radial parquetry tile decorated canted floor, on acanthus scroll cast feet with shaped apron fronted with cartouche mount between, (unrestored with some damage and losses mainly to case), 49cm (19.5ins) high. Saint Martin is recorded in Loomes, Brian, Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Paris circa 1710. The current lot employs a 'silent pull' quarter repeat mechanism which is designed to sound the hours and quarters only on demand (does not automatically strike during normal operation). This form of repeat mechanism is thought to have been devised for use in the bedchamber, hence would have been supplied to an extremely wealthy client who could afford such a luxury. English 'Silent pull' quarter repeating table clocks are scarce but do turn up from time to time, French examples are generally rarer hence are much more difficult to find.
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A French Louis XV small gilt brass mounted boulle

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