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Lot Essay
Tardy records two Verneuils, one at 42 Rue St Honoré and another (Verneuil Jeune) at Rue du Contrat Social in 1806 and at Faubourg St-Martin in 1815. It is probable that the present clock was made by the former.
Verneuil specialised in exceptional skeleton clocks, all of which bear a close family resemblance. Of varying complexity, they mostly include calendar work which is laid out in a similar way.
Joseph Coteau (1740 - 1801) supplied dials for the great clockmakers of France. He became maître in 1778 and maître-peintre-émailleur at the Académie de St.-Luc in Geneva in 1766 and moved to Paris in 1772, where he was installed in the rue Poupie. He claimed to have found a method 'd'appliquer solidement l'or marié avec les émaux de toutes couleurs sur la porcelaine', the 'jewelled' effect on porcelain and enamel, and by 1780 his name first appears in the kiln records at Sèvres. By 1784 his production at Sèvres was considerable, receiving 4520 livres for executed commissions.
Verneuil specialised in exceptional skeleton clocks, all of which bear a close family resemblance. Of varying complexity, they mostly include calendar work which is laid out in a similar way.
Joseph Coteau (1740 - 1801) supplied dials for the great clockmakers of France. He became maître in 1778 and maître-peintre-émailleur at the Académie de St.-Luc in Geneva in 1766 and moved to Paris in 1772, where he was installed in the rue Poupie. He claimed to have found a method 'd'appliquer solidement l'or marié avec les émaux de toutes couleurs sur la porcelaine', the 'jewelled' effect on porcelain and enamel, and by 1780 his name first appears in the kiln records at Sèvres. By 1784 his production at Sèvres was considerable, receiving 4520 livres for executed commissions.