CARTEL CLOCK "AU CHINOIS"

Louis XV, the dial and movement signed LE FAUCHEUR A PARIS (Alexandre Lefaucheur, maître 1729), Paris ca. 1740/50.

Matte and polished gilt bronze. Cartouche-shaped case decorated with branches, flowers, rocailles and with the figure of a seated Chinese man on top. Rocaille-shaped pendulum window. Enamel dial with the hours in Roman numerals and the minutes in Arabic numerals. Anchor movement, striking the 1/2-hour on bell. Repeater mechanism, removed. Gilding rubbed.

34x10x55 cm.

Provenance:- from a French castle.A similar cartel clock, stemming from the Richard Redding Collection, was sold at our December 2011 Auction (Lot No. 1056). A further one is depicted in: P. Kjellberg, La pendule française du Moyen Age au XXe siècle, Paris 1997; p. 107.Ref. H.L. Tardy, Dictionnaire des horlogers français, Paris 1974; p. 361 (biogr. information).