Descriptif du lot
Muret is listed as a dial enameller at Rue Saint-Germain-l'Auxerois and noted to have made circular dials during the Revolution (Tardy, Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français, Paris, p. 483).
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DIAL BY MURET, PARIS, CIRCA 1790
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, WHITE AND PORTORO MARBLE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
DIAL BY MURET, PARIS, CIRCA 1790
CASE: drum shaped, flanked by nymphs holding and binding the wings of Cupid on a rectangular plinth with garland mount, above an ormolu-mounted white marble plinth with astragal ends and breakfront façade with relief panel of playful putti flanked by lion's-head masks, on a conforming portoro marble base with engine-turned feet DIAL: 5 in. diameter white enamel with inner concentric date ring, signed 'muret' at base, pierced and engraved gilt hands, blued steel calendar hand MOVEMENT: twin barrels with anchor escapement, silk suspension and countwheel strike to bell; pendulum
20¾ in. (53 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) wide; 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) deep
DIAL BY MURET, PARIS, CIRCA 1790
CASE: drum shaped, flanked by nymphs holding and binding the wings of Cupid on a rectangular plinth with garland mount, above an ormolu-mounted white marble plinth with astragal ends and breakfront façade with relief panel of playful putti flanked by lion's-head masks, on a conforming portoro marble base with engine-turned feet DIAL: 5 in. diameter white enamel with inner concentric date ring, signed 'muret' at base, pierced and engraved gilt hands, blued steel calendar hand MOVEMENT: twin barrels with anchor escapement, silk suspension and countwheel strike to bell; pendulum
20¾ in. (53 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) wide; 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) deep
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Caitlin Yates
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