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Jean ROMILLY (1714–1796), admitted as a master watchmaker in…
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Jean ROMILLY (1714–1796), admitted as a master watchmaker in…
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Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
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Description
Jean ROMILLY (1714–1796), admitted as a master watchmaker in 1752
Gilded bronze CARTEL decorated with a child beneath a trellis, set against a background of foliage, flowers and berries. The dial is signed by the clockmaker Romilly in Paris and also signed and dated by the enameller Barbichon, May 1786 (redone in the Louis XVI period).
Louis XV period. H: 60 cm, W: 38 cm
(restorations)
Romilly lived successively on Quai Pelletier, Place Dauphine and Rue Poupée in Paris. Edme-Portal Barbichon, an enameller based at 1, Rue St Séverin in Paris. His signature appears on clocks by François Rémond, and he produced most of the dials for the clocks made by the clockmakers Lépine and Robin. A similar table clock, signed by Ferdinand Berthoud, is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, *Encyclopédie de la pendule française*, Paris, 1997, p. 100.
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