DESCRIPTION:
France, for the English market, a fine Pillars style repeating carriage clock with porcelain panels by Lucien Simonnet, the gilt case with stepped, molded base, the corners with fluted columns and Corinthian capitals supporting the molded cornice, the folding handle with turned ornament, case sides set with signed, polychrome enamel scenes depicting colorfully dressed young women in a garden, the Roman numeral dial surrounded by a landscape scene with castle ruins and floral garlands, blued steel distaff hands, 8 day time, strike, and alarm movement with lever platform, and repeating the last hour on demand, serial #2277
CONDITION:
original gilding with losses, left side panel with minor chips at upper left, dial panel with chip at upper right, top glass with chips, running, striking, and repeating correctly, alarm functional. Lucien Simonnet (1849- 1926) studied painting under Jules Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger, at the Ecole des Beaux- Arts, Paris. He later worked painting porcelain at Sevres, during which time the panels for this clock were produced. The painting on the front panel is reminiscent of his oil on canvas "A Castle Ruin at Dusk", sold at Christies, London in 2007.
ESTIMATE:
$2000
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$3000
PRICE SOLD:
$2600
CIRCA: 1890
DIMENSIONS: 7.75in x 4in x 3.675
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