A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONIZED REGULATEUR DE PARQUET BY ANTOINE THIOUT,...
The silvered brass dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes chapters, signed 'Thiout a Paris', with subsidiary seconds dial and blued steel hands, the manual moveable outer ring displaying equation of time, the weight driven movement with Chevalier de Béthune escapement, the plates joined by baluster shaped pillars, with seconds pendulum with engraved graduated weighting nut, the case mounted with ormolu shells, beading and acanthus
823⁄4 in. (210.5 cm.) high, 203⁄4 in. (53 cm.) wide, 83⁄4 in. (22.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from Galerie Jacques Hervouet, Paris.
Lot Essay
The signature, Thiout a Paris, on this clock almost certainly refers to one of the most influential horlogers of the Ancien Régime, Antoine Thiout (1694-1767). Thiout became maître in 1724 and is recorded to have established his shop first at Enclos de la Trinité, later on Rue du Four, and by 1741 on Quai Pelletier. He was a prominent member of his guild, advancing to the position of juré in 1742 and garde in 1769. Thiout could count many members of the upper aristocracy among his clients and held the prestigious titles of Horloger de la Reine Douairière d’Espagne and Horloger Ordinaire du Duc d’Orléans.
He was also an inventor and presented numerous projects to the Académie des Sciences. His 1741 Traité d’Horlogerie was the most modern horological treatise of the time, and is still to this day among the most influential and oft-cited publications on the subject from the eighteenth century. Interestingly, the 'Chevalier de Bethune' escapement, which was invented in the 1720s and is employed by Thiout in this clock, is described by Thiout in his book on page 100 and is illustrated as fig. 9 on pl. XLI, with its inventor given credit in the plate. Comparable regulateurs with movements by Thiout include a similar ebonized example sold Christie's, New York, 20 October 2006, lot 403 and another veneered in tulipwood and amaranth, sold Sotheby's, Paris, 10 November 2009, lot 122.
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The silvered brass dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes chapters, signed 'Thiout a Paris', with subsidiary seconds dial and blued steel hands, the manual moveable outer ring displaying equation of time, the weight driven movement with Chevalier de Béthune escapement, the plates joined by baluster shaped pillars, with seconds pendulum with engraved graduated weighting nut, the case mounted with ormolu shells, beading and acanthus
823⁄4 in. (210.5 cm.) high, 203⁄4 in. (53 cm.) wide, 83⁄4 in. (22.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from Galerie Jacques Hervouet, Paris.
Lot Essay
The signature, Thiout a Paris, on this clock almost certainly refers to one of the most influential horlogers of the Ancien Régime, Antoine Thiout (1694-1767). Thiout became maître in 1724 and is recorded to have established his shop first at Enclos de la Trinité, later on Rue du Four, and by 1741 on Quai Pelletier. He was a prominent member of his guild, advancing to the position of juré in 1742 and garde in 1769. Thiout could count many members of the upper aristocracy among his clients and held the prestigious titles of Horloger de la Reine Douairière d’Espagne and Horloger Ordinaire du Duc d’Orléans.
He was also an inventor and presented numerous projects to the Académie des Sciences. His 1741 Traité d’Horlogerie was the most modern horological treatise of the time, and is still to this day among the most influential and oft-cited publications on the subject from the eighteenth century. Interestingly, the 'Chevalier de Bethune' escapement, which was invented in the 1720s and is employed by Thiout in this clock, is described by Thiout in his book on page 100 and is illustrated as fig. 9 on pl. XLI, with its inventor given credit in the plate. Comparable regulateurs with movements by Thiout include a similar ebonized example sold Christie's, New York, 20 October 2006, lot 403 and another veneered in tulipwood and amaranth, sold Sotheby's, Paris, 10 November 2009, lot 122.
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