An unusual Louis XIV miniature ormolu repeating mantel timepiece
JACQUES-AUGUSTIN THURET, PARIS. EARLY 18TH CENTURY
An unusual Louis XIV miniature ormolu repeating mantel timepiece JACQUES-AUGUSTIN THURET PARIS. EARLY 18TH CENTURY The case modelled with scrolls and rockwork and with radiant mask above the dial, supported by a kneeling figure of Chronos above a stepped and moulded serpentine plinth, the cast ormolu dial with individual white enamel cartouches with blue Roman numerals, engraved inner concentric minute ring, foliate and scroll cast centre, with delicately sculpted blued steel hands, the short duration movement with four back-pinned pillars joining plates with curved undersides and shouldered upper corners, rear-wound single barrel with pivoted verge escapement, pull hour repeat on miniature bell above the plates, the back plate signed Jacques Thuret AParis 25 cm. high
An unusual Louis XIV miniature ormolu repeating mantel timepiece
JACQUES-AUGUSTIN THURET, PARIS. EARLY 18TH CENTURY
An unusual Louis XIV miniature ormolu repeating mantel timepiece JACQUES-AUGUSTIN THURET PARIS. EARLY 18TH CENTURY The case modelled with scrolls and rockwork and with radiant mask above the dial, supported by a kneeling figure of Chronos above a stepped and moulded serpentine plinth, the cast ormolu dial with individual white enamel cartouches with blue Roman numerals, engraved inner concentric minute ring, foliate and scroll cast centre, with delicately sculpted blued steel hands, the short duration movement with four back-pinned pillars joining plates with curved undersides and shouldered upper corners, rear-wound single barrel with pivoted verge escapement, pull hour repeat on miniature bell above the plates, the back plate signed Jacques Thuret AParis 25 cm. high
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