A Régence Boulle Bracket Clock, Gilles Martinot, Paris,
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Description
France, First Quarter 18th century
Gilles Martinot (1658-1726) – French Royal clockmaker to Louis XIV, a member of the famous clockmaker family Martinot
Back plate with engraved Signature ‘Gilles Martinot a Paris’; enamel plate at the front also inscribed ‘Gilles Martinot a Paris’
Rectangular brass movement, spring driven, verge escapement
8 day running duration
Count wheel half-hour striking mechanism on above sitting bell, silk suspension, pendulum
12 white enamel-cartouches with blue Roman hour-markers within gold fronton decorated with floral reliefs, outer minute ring with engraved Arabic indies, Beetle and Poker hands
Boulle case glazed at three sides on four volute feet with vase crest, fitted with tortoiseshell and brass
Profuse ornamentation with gold-plated bronze appliqués in the form of mascarons, garlands, decorative trims and vase motifs
Winding key and case key are included
Provenance: private property, Aachen
Dimensions: 87.5 x 42 x 21.5 cm
Fully functional; good condition, consistent with age
Elaborately, monumental Régenece Bracket clock with Boulle-marquetry
Boulle
The technique of Boulle is a carpenter technique of refining surfaces of furniture and objets d’art. It is named after the French cabinetmaker André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732). Main feature of the Boulle-marquetry is the usage of tortoise shell in combination with brass or tin. One distinguishes between two contrasting techniques. The première-partie is the placing of the bright brass or tin inlays before the dark background of the tortoise shell. Since this was very expensive and costly due to the usage of natural products, the negative that resulted during the manufacture of the première-partie was often used. This is called contre-partie.
Condition:
The mantel clock is in good condition, consistent with age and bearing usual signs of wear and repair. The surfaces with smaller blemishes or bumps and tension cracks. Some brass appliqués have become loose or are bent. The enamel-cartouches occasionally with fine hairline cracks. During in-house testing, the timepiece was fully functional; no guarantee on long term precision and regularity. The size measures 87.5 x 42 x 21.5 cm.
Gilles Martinot (1658-1726)
The offspring of the famous French clockmaker family Martinot (16th - 18th century) received his master in 1696 and was royal clockmaker to Louis XIV. (nlu)
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