Antique Boulle Pedestal Clock by Dubuc Paris

Name: Antique Boulle Pedestal Clock by Dubuc Paris
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA873165
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by David Wolfenden Antiques

Description

A Fabulous early 19th century Louis XV design Boulle clock on pedestal signed Dubuc, The clock with beautifully worked signed gilt metal dial with white enamel Roman numeral cartouches, the twin train signed movement with counter wheel striking on a bell. The case with inlaid Boulle work, glazed sides and applied gilt scrolls and leaves surmounted with a gilt metal figure. Glazed door with a gilt metal bezel above mythical lyre playing cubit support.All ormolu casting of the finest quality

A conforming pedestal with applied fabulous gilded ormolu mounts above a tapering panel with brass line inlay work against a ebonised ground, raised upon a plinth base and ormolu bracket feet.

?This clock was made by Jacques Nicolas Pierre François Dubuc, a bronzier/ clockmaker, who from 1806 to 1817 is recorded as working on Rue Michel-le-Comte. Jacques' younger brother, Jean-Baptist Charles Gabriel Dubuc (d. 1819), was also a clockmaker, and the two were distinguished by the designations of "le jeune" (the younger) and "l'ainé" (the elder). The Parisian clockmaker Nicolas-Pierre-Francois Dubec, was active in Paris from the final years of the reign of Louis XVI to the early years of the Empire (see Tardy Dictionnaire des horlogers francais Paris, 1971, p 193)

Total height 82ins (208cm)

Clock 32ins x 14.5ins x 6.5ins deep

Pedestal 50ins x 19ins x 15ins deep

Circa 1800

Physical Dimensions

Height

208cm (81.89")

Width

48cm (18.90")

Depth

37cm (14.57")

Declaration

David Wolfenden Antiques has dated this piece to the 1800s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA873165

Dealers Notes

Delivery and Insurance to most parts of UK and Ireland is included in price.

Description

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The case with inlaid Boulle work, glazed sides and applied gilt scrolls and leaves surmounted with a gilt metal figure.

David Wolfenden Antiques

Glazed door with a gilt metal bezel above mythical lyre playing cubit support.All ormolu casting of the finest quality

fig 1. Antique Boulle Pedestal Clock by Dubuc Paris

A conforming pedestal with applied fabulous gilded ormolu mounts above a tapering panel with brass line inlay work against a ebonised ground, raised upon a plinth base and ormolu bracket feet.

?This clock was made by Jacques Nicolas Pierre François Dubuc, a bronzier/ clockmaker, who from 1806 to 1817 is recorded as working on Rue Michel-le-Comte. Jacques' younger brother, Jean-Baptist Charles Gabriel Dubuc (d. 1819), was also a clockmaker, and the two were distinguished by the designations of "le jeune" (the younger) and "l'ainé" (the elder). The Parisian clockmaker Nicolas-Pierre-Francois Dubec, was active in Paris from the final years of the reign of Louis XVI to the early years of the Empire (see Tardy Dictionnaire des horlogers francais Paris, 1971, p 193)

Total height 82ins (208cm)

Clock 32ins x 14.5ins x 6.5ins deep

Pedestal 50ins x 19ins x 15ins deep

Circa 1800