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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLEU TURQUIN MARBLE STRIKING MANTLE CLOCK
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLEU TURQUIN MARBLE STRIKING MANTLE CLOCK
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLEU TURQUIN MARBLE STRIKING MANTLE CLOCK

THE MOVEMENT BY DAVID-FRÉDÉRIC DUBOIS, PARIS, THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO BEAUCOUR, DATED 1778

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLEU TURQUIN MARBLE STRIKING MANTLE CLOCK
THE MOVEMENT BY DAVID-FRÉDÉRIC DUBOIS, PARIS, THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO BEAUCOUR, DATED 1778
The drum barrel surmounted by a simulated fountain, flanked by dolphins issuing jets of stylised water forming the handles, above a double headed lion mask holding bull rushes in its mouth, on a shaped marble base mounted with low relief plaques of scrolling arabesques and centred by a caduceus, the white enamel dial with jewelled hands and signed 'Dd.Fc. DUBOIS / A PARIS', the twin barrel movement with verge escapement, silk suspension and rack striking to bell, the strike work mounted on the backplate, inscribed 1728 between the marble base and plinth
17 in. (43.5 cm.) high; 11 ¾ in. (30 cm.) wide; 6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) deep

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David-Frédéric Dubois (b. La Chaux-de-Fonds, d. bf 1789), received as maître on 7 August 1780. Established Rue Saint-Honoré by 1781.
Whilst the present lot is not signed, a design for an almost identical case by Beaucour exists and is listed as N° 101 in an album preserved in the Bibliothèque Jacques Doucet in Paris.

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