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A fine and rare late 17th century French brass-mounted tortoiseshell and boulle-inlaid Tête de Poupée table clock of small size Louis Ourry, A Paris image 1
A fine and rare late 17th century French brass-mounted tortoiseshell and boulle-inlaid Tête de Poupée table clock of small size Louis Ourry, A Paris image 2
A fine and rare late 17th century French brass-mounted tortoiseshell and boulle-inlaid Tête de Poupée table clock of small size Louis Ourry, A Paris image 3
A fine and rare late 17th century French brass-mounted tortoiseshell and boulle-inlaid Tête de Poupée table clock of small size Louis Ourry, A Paris image 4
A fine and rare late 17th century French brass-mounted tortoiseshell and boulle-inlaid Tête de Poupée table clock of small size Louis Ourry, A Paris image 5
A fine and rare late 17th century French brass-mounted tortoiseshell and boulle-inlaid Tête de Poupée table clock of small size Louis Ourry, A Paris image 6
Lot 41Y

A fine and rare late 17th century French brass-mounted tortoiseshell and boulle-inlaid Tête de Poupée table clock of small size
Louis Ourry, A Paris

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2 July 2025, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£8,000 - £12,000

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A fine and rare late 17th century French brass-mounted tortoiseshell and boulle-inlaid Tête de Poupée table clock of small size

Louis Ourry, A Paris
The bombe case surmounted by a cast ormolu bird over five turned finials on a brass caddy top, the sides with engraved boulle decoration over a moulded brass base on four turned bun feet. The 3.75-inch brass dial with silvered Roman chapter ring, each minute hand-engraved around the edge over cruciform half-hour divisions, with finely matted centre engraved with a flowerhead and framed by further engraved foliate decoration on a matted ground, a subsidiary dial for regulation marked II-IX to the arch with blued steel hand, the lower edge signed Louis Ourry A Paris in a flowing script, with blued steel hands. The 30 hour movement with verge balance wheel escapement mounted to the shaped backplate, striking the hours via an externally mounted countwheel, with external clicks and ratchet wheels to the twin going barrels, the plates united by four turned vase-shaped pillars, the backplate signed by the maker, sold together with a case key and winding key. Running and striking. 28cms (11ins) high.

Footnotes

Louis Ourry, originally from Blois was active in Paris until his death in 1699, he was the son of an apothecary and a declared Protestant. He achieved master status in Paris and established his workshop on the Quai Pelletier by 1684.
Following his death, his widow continued the business from the Quai des Orfèvres in Blois. During an inventory of her premises in December 1700, seventeen clocks were noted as non-compliant with contemporary sumptuary laws. Ourry is known to have collaborated with cabinetmaker André-Charles Boulle, and counted the président de Montholon among his clientele. His work is represented in several major collections, including the British Museum, the Louvre, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Bibliothèque Mazarine, and the Château de Versailles.

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