55,000 CHF
Leroy – Carriage Clock with Signed & Dated Limoges Enamel Panels by Claudius Popelin L. Leroy & Cie, Paris, No. 1857. Possibly made for exhibition, the enamel panels signed by Claudius Popelin, the dial dated 1888. Exceptional and extremely rare, silvered, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking and repeating carriage clock with alarm and Limoges School Revival en grisaille painted on enamel panels by the great enamelist Claudius Popelin (1825-1892). Silvered, Renaissance, with applied grotesques for the feet and corner mounts, gadrooned top, hinged handle in the form of two opposing fish with intertwined tails, the sides set with very finely en grisaille painted on enamel Limoges School Revival panels depicting Diana The Huntress and Venus and Cupid on a deep red background, each panel initialled "CP" for Claudius Popelin, hinged glazed back door, button for the repeating on the top. En grisaille painted on enamel signed "CP" and dated 1888, gold painted radial Roman numerals and outer minute divisions, decorated with a seated lady and cupid in the lower half, a hanging oil lamp and foliage surrounding the chapter ring. Gilt fleurde- lys hands. 98 x 70 mm., rectangular gilt brass plates, going barrels for both trains, lateral lever escapement on a platform, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, striking the hours and half-hours on a gong, separate alarm train with further hammer, white enamel alarm setting dial. Movem
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-03-27
