MANTEL CLOCK "L'ALLEGORIE DE LA PRUDENCE"

MANTEL CLOCK "L'ALLEGORIE DE LA PRUDENCE",

Transition, the model by P.A. FOULLET (Pierre Antoine Foullet, 1710 Paris 1775), the dial signed LEPAUTE/H.GER DU ROI (signature for the collaboration between Jean André and Jean Baptiste Lepaute between 1758 and - with nephews Pierre Basile and Pierre Henry Lepaute - 1792), Paris ca. 1765.

Matte and polished gilt bronze and ebonized wood. Enamel dial. 2 finely pierced, gilt hands. Movement with anchor escapement, striking the 1/2-hour on bell.

30x11x32.5 cm.

Provenance:
- from a private collection, Switzerland.

Ref.: - J.D. Augarde, Les ouvriers du temps, Geneva 1996; pp. 350ff. (biogr. information on Lepaute).
- H.L. Tardy, Dictionnaire des horlogers français, Paris 1976; p. 384 (biogr. information on Lepaute).