Louis XVI Clock Circa 1780. The Movement Signed Charles Dutertre In Paris

Louis XVI clock Circa 1780. The movement signed Charles Dutertre A Paris Gilded bronze / burnished, etc., on disc-shaped feet; the rectangular base is decorated with decorative bands, rosettes and acanthus leaves. A burnished cherub is leaning against the side of the glass watch case, reading a document. On the case, the character of the rooster as well as the hammer and chisel. Enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes and fleur-de-lis hands. Balance movement with wire suspension, key winding and half-hour strike on the bell. The sign of movement. "Charles Dutertre Paris". H x W x D: 31 x 30.5 x 13 cm Charles Dutertre, master in 1758, A clock of the same model is at the Château de Fontainebleau and other examples are illustrated in: - Les Plus Belles Pendules Françaises, Tardy, Volume II, p. 35 and - Die Französische Bronzeur by Elke Niehüser, Callwey, 1997, p. 209 Inv. n ° 2.196 4.875 €