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Officer's clock mounted in chased and gilt bronze.
See original version (French)
166
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Officer's clock mounted in chased and gilt bronze.
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Officer's clock mounted in chased and gilt bronze.
The doucine base is edged with a twisted cord.
Rich openwork decoration of moving motifs, reserves, lambrequins and foliage. The sides are adorned with an openwork pentacle.
The domed top, concealing three stamps, is flanked by turlupets.
Ring-shaped dial with Arabic and Roman numerals, signed "LEFEBVRE à Fontainebleau".
Dater at the bottom.
Complication and repeater movement.
Probably Jean Lefebvre, master in 1733, he became the king's watchmaker. He was active in Fontainebleau and Paris.
Work from the second half of the 18th century.
32 x 18 x 12.5 cm
(Functionality of the movement not guaranteed, restoration to the movement).
The Metropolitan Museum in New York holds a clock by the same master under inventory number 29.52.17.
A similar clock was presented at Fraysse on 4 June 2008, lot 221.
Bibliography: Dictionnaire des horlogers français, Tardy, 1972.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Classic furniture and objets d'art
Auction location
Auction time
06/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
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