A mantel clock with hour and a half striking... - Lot 207 - Chayette & Cheval

Lot 207
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8000 - 12000 EUR
A mantel clock with hour and a half striking... - Lot 207 - Chayette & Cheval
A mantel clock with hour and a half striking signed (dial and movement), 'Charles Goret AParis', last decade of the 17th century and after. Chased gilt brass dial with Roman numerals for the hours in blue on white enamel plates inlaid on a circular plate. The centre chased with a decoration in the spirit of Bérain, of foliage inhabited by fantastic birds and squirrels arranged symmetrically around a cartouche of a woman in bust. Above an openwork plate decorated with two winged women framing the cartouche, in white enamel bearing the signature. Rectangular movement, horizontal verge escapement, external count wheel, cycloidal blades, renewed suspension and balance wheel, cabinet with brass marquetry decoration with inlaid foliage on a red tortoiseshell background, cap with doucines adorned with four pots-à-feux (two ungilded) and surmounted by a globe topped by a crowing cock. The four small vases at the top are modern, and the decoration of two branches in front of the rooster is added. H. 75cm ; W. 36cm ; D. 14.5cm. Charles II Goret (Gorret or Gauret), son of Charles I Goret (died before 1688), was received 'maître orlogeur en petit volume à Paris suivant les privilèges des galleries' on 14 February 1689. The previous year, on February 15, he attended the wedding of his brother Pierre (born in 1660), also a watchmaker, to Marthe Cordier. File established in collaboration with Patrick de Buttet.
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