A rare French Louis XV provincial iron framed
A rare French Louis XV provincial iron framed rack-striking lantern clock The bell signed for Jean Dubois, mid 18th century The posted inside rack-striking two handed movement with vertically pivoted hour hammer, passing half-hour strike via second hammer sounding on the same bell and anchor escapement regulated by 48 inch pendulum swinging outside the frame to the rear, the 8 inch circular cast brass twenty-four piece white enamel Roman numeral cartouche dial with profile bust, dolphin and foliate scroll decorated centre and Arabic five minutes to outer track beneath Classical mask, Ho-Ho bird and cockerel pierced crest, frame with rectangular section corner posts continuing above the top plate to support the domed bell bearer with turned top finial and enclosing bell cast with inscription JEAN DUBOIS AU PUY , on tall integral spike feet carrying scroll cast openwork apron mount to front, 43.5cm (17.25ins) high; with a carved oak wall bracket, 63.5cm (25ins) high overall. A Jean Dubois does not appear in the usual sources however a Jean Duboys is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Lyon in 1685.
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A rare French Louis XV provincial iron framed rack-striking lantern clock The bell signed for Jean Dubois, mid 18th century The posted inside rack-striking two handed movement with vertically pivoted hour hammer, passing half-hour strike via second hammer sounding on the same bell and anchor escapement regulated by 48 inch pendulum swinging outside the frame to the rear, the 8 inch circular cast brass twenty-four piece white enamel Roman numeral cartouche dial with profile bust, dolphin and foliate scroll decorated centre and Arabic five minutes to outer track beneath Classical mask, Ho-Ho bird and cockerel pierced crest, frame with rectangular section corner posts continuing above the top plate to support the domed bell bearer with turned top finial and enclosing bell cast with inscription JEAN DUBOIS AU PUY , on tall integral spike feet carrying scroll cast openwork apron mount to front, 43.5cm (17.25ins) high; with a carved oak wall bracket, 63.5cm (25ins) high overall. A Jean Dubois does not appear in the usual sources however a Jean Duboys is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Lyon in 1685.
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