James Stratton
Director
Lot 47*
A fine early 19th century Belgian ormolu-mounted marble clock with centre seconds, full annual calendar and pinwheel escapement The movement by M.Boty Lefebure a Liege, the chapter ring signed Mertel
22 June 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £4,000
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A fine early 19th century Belgian ormolu-mounted marble clock with centre seconds, full annual calendar and pinwheel escapement
The movement by M.Boty Lefebure a Liege, the chapter ring signed Mertel
Surmounted by a twin-handled urn over elaborate lyre-shaped finials supported on a pair of female term figures raised on a moulded base with applied foliate scroll mount on toupie feet, the 6 inch white enamel chapter ring giving the date, Arabic quarters, Arabic hours, month and centre seconds (originally with centre seconds hand, now lacking), signed below the beaded bezel by the enameller G. Mertel, the twin train movement with a gilt sunburst pendulum, pinwheel escapement mounted on the backlate and skeletonised outside countwheel strike on a bell. 62cms high
Surmounted by a twin-handled urn over elaborate lyre-shaped finials supported on a pair of female term figures raised on a moulded base with applied foliate scroll mount on toupie feet, the 6 inch white enamel chapter ring giving the date, Arabic quarters, Arabic hours, month and centre seconds (originally with centre seconds hand, now lacking), signed below the beaded bezel by the enameller G. Mertel, the twin train movement with a gilt sunburst pendulum, pinwheel escapement mounted on the backlate and skeletonised outside countwheel strike on a bell. 62cms high
Footnotes
Nicolas Boty was 'maître horloger' in 1770. One of his sons, Mathieu-Joseph, who married Maria-Ida Lefèvre in 1816, worked as clockmaker in association with him and later with Lefèvre.
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