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A Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted japanned quarter repeating “régulateur de table”, circa 1765, stamped by Pierre-Antoine Foullet

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Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 EUR

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Description

5-inch enamel dial with centre seconds, the movement with chain fusee and pin wheel escapement, pull quarter repeating on two bells, the separately suspended pendulum with lenticular bob, the crutch with double pivot and fine beat adjustment, the waisted case surmounted by an armillary sphere above ribbon-tied swag and term mounts, the whole decorated in red, silver and gilt with chinoiseries and flowers, the interior stamped P A FOULLET and JME; (bronzes partly regilt)


Haut. 72,5 cm ; Height 28 ½ in

Comte and Comtesse André de Limur, Washington, D.C., acquired in the 1930's;

Comte and Comtesse Charles de Limur, San Francisco (by descent from the above, circa 1969);

By descent from the above;

Christie's New York, 30 November 2012, lot 8

Pierre-Antoine Foullet, cabinetmaker, received master in 1765.