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JEANNE D'ARC POSER CLOCK, BY CONSTANTIN-LOUIS DETOUCHE, NEOG…
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235
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JEANNE D'ARC POSER CLOCK, BY CONSTANTIN-LOUIS DETOUCHE, NEOG…
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
JEANNE D'ARC POSER CLOCK, BY CONSTANTIN-LOUIS DETOUCHE, NEOGOTHIC STYLE, SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY
oblong with central projection, in gilt bronze; straight legs resting on an openwork frieze of quatrefoils centred on an allegory of war; circular dial with pearled edge, baton hour-markers, Roman numerals for the hours, signed C.DETOUCHE/Fseur DE L'EMPEREUR/RUE SAINT MARTIN, 228-230/A PARIS; inscribed within a frieze of copper-darkened quatrefoil motifs; surmounted by Joan of Arc, in armour, seated on a rocaille terrace, leaning on her helmet, a sword in one hand, the other resting on her breast.
Movement signed and numbered 23408 like the dial and stamped Japy Frères et Cie, 1855 exhibition, Grand Medal of Honour.
A NEO-GOTHIC STYLE, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY, TABLE CLOCK OF JEANNE D'ARC
48,50 x 51 x 19 CM - 19,1 x 20,1 x 7,5 IN.
A Parisian watchmaker active in the 19th century, Constantin-Louis Detouche (1810-1889) was one of the leading representatives of French watchmaking during the Second Empire. References to him as "supplier to the Emperor" testify to the prestige acquired by the workshop during the reign of Napoleon III.
Detouche's work was in keeping with the historicist taste of the middle of the century, while at the same time developing complex mechanisms, in particular regulators with perpetual calendars and equations of time. Several of his works were shown at the major international exhibitions of the 19th century.
Today, Detouche's works are mainly held in private collections, but a number of European institutions also own some of his work. In particular, the Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève holds a Pendule de cheminée à musique, Cathédrale de Reims (circa 1840), by "C. Detouche & Bailly".
Founded at the end of the 18th century by Frédéric Japy, the Japy factory became one of France's leading watchmaking and industrial production centres in the 19th century. Based in Beaucourt, in the Territoire de Belfort, Japy Frères developed large-scale production of clock movements, clocks and alarm clocks, which were distributed throughout Europe. Its success was based on the introduction of mechanised processes that contributed to the lasting transformation of the French watchmaking industry.
Awarded prizes at the major national and universal exhibitions, the Manufacture acquired an important reputation for the reliability and distribution of its mechanisms.
Today, Japy products are held in several French and European public collections. The Japy Museum in Beaucourt houses a large collection of archives, movements and objects produced by the company. Clocks equipped with Japy movements can also be found in the collections of the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris, as well as in several European decorative arts museums devoted to 19th-century watchmaking.
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