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L17 Precision pendulum clock of 14 day duration, signed 'Le Paute a Paris'.
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€ 29500 $ 33565 £ 25307 ¥ 5265750 DKK 220518 CHF 27919 NOK 319102 CA$ 47548 HK$ 263311
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Van Brug Collection
- Name
- L17 Precision pendulum clock of 14 day duration, signed 'Le Paute a Paris'.
- Measurements
- Height: 213 cm
- Reference
- VBCA100106
- Techniques
- Engraved, Gilded, Molded
- Colors
- Gold, Brown, White, Black
- Categories
- Decorative Arts Clocks Longcase Clocks
- Periods
- 19th Century 1820 Antique
- Origin and period
- France
The case of fruitwood, mahogany veneer, profiled tiered base, glazed on three sides, molded frame. Silver plated 'Le Paute' signed dial, gilded very finely engraved bezel with acanthus decoration, radial Roman hours, center seconds, blued steel Breguet pointer.
Movement: very fine rectangular brass movement, engraved by the maker/restorer "Fr ( que ) de Thillay " massive pillars , finely toothed wheel, Graham escapement, weight lift over pulley, Stainless Pendant with nine brass / steel balusters and heavy pendulum bob .
Pierre -Basile Lepaute (1750-1843), also known as Sully Lepaute took over the famous company founded in the 1740s and ran it with his son, Pierre-Michel Lepaute ( 1785-1849 ) . He held the title of Horlogerie de l' Empereur during the imperial period and the Horlogerie du Roi during the Restoration and the July Monarchy . Lepaute was a major supplier of watches to the imperial court and allowed to exhibit at the industry trade shows in 1819 and 1823.
The Lepautes were among France's leading manufacturer of watches and clocks . Among the members of the family inventor and writer and researcher and excellent craftsmen were . Her clients included example Louis XV, Louis XVI , Madame du Barry, Duc de Bourbon , the Princesse de Monaco, King Ferdinand VI , King Charles III and Charles IV of Spain .
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