LONG-CASE CLOCK "AU VASE"

Louis XVI, the case attributable to F. DUHAMEL (François Duhamel, maître 1750), with Guild stamp, the movement signed ARDIOT A PARIS (Jean Ardiot,maître 1773), Paris ca. 1770/75.

Tulipwood and rosewood in veneer and finely inlaid with reserves and decorative frieze. Enamel dial, 3 fine, pierced and gilt hands. Movement with anchor escapement. Fine, gilt bronze mounts and applications.

H 206 cm.

Provenance:- from a private collection, Suisse romande.A similar long-case clock is depicted in: P. Kjellberg, La pendule française du Moyen Age au XXe siècle, Paris 1996; 307 (Fig. F). A very similar long-case clock, signed F. Duhamel, is depicted in: J. Nicolay, L'art et la manière des maîtres ébénistes français au XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1976; p. 165 (Fig. C).Ref.: H.L. Tardy, Dictionnaire des horlogers français, Paris 1974; p. 10 (biogr. information).