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Horlogerie
18th century
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Horlogerie du 18th century
Small brown tortoiseshell alcove cartel signed Thuret, Paris circa 1710
DIMENSIONS : l. 7.87 .inH. 16.14 .in
MATERIAUX : Tortoiseshell, brass
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?Rare small cartel in brown tortoiseshell marquetry and inlaid with brass fillets.
The violin-shaped case is fitted by a dovetail slide into its original lamp base.
The set presents a rich ornamentation of gilded bronzes with mercury including falls in acanthus scrolls, gadrooned ingots, a crowned king's head, as well as a base with seeds.
The front opens through a glass door and reveals an engraved brass dial decorated with thirteen enamel pieces, twelve for the hours and one forming a cartridge with the name of the watchmaker: Thuret.
Two blue steel hands indicate the hours and minutes.
The back plate is signed "Thuret à Paris".
Original movement, modified suspension.
Ringing on demand by pulling.
Very good condition, oak back.
Paris late Louis the XIVth period, circa 1710-1715.
A similar cartel, also signed Thuret, but with a variant on the upper bronze, is illustrated in P. Kjellberg’s Encyclopedia of the french clock from the Medieval ages to the XXth century (Encyclopédie de la pendule française du Moyen Age au XXe siècle, Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1997, p.56, fig. A).
