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THBLouis XVI Gilt Bronze and White Marble Clock signed Vigniaux a Toulouse.
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TimedJul 20, 2025 - Aug 10, 2025
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- Lot Description
The wonderful 18th C. clock has decorative and horological appeal, made by Toulous watch maker Pierre Vigniaux. From our appraiser:
Not much is known about Pierre Vigniaux (act. 1788-1802), other than than his workshop was located in Rue des Filatiers in Toulouse. He wrote a book entitled Horlogerie Pratique à L'usage des Apprentis et des Amateurs (Practical Watchmaking for the use of Apprentices and Amateurs) that gives a detailed description of how to make a verge watch movement. The second edition, published in 1802, adds an explanation of continental quarter repeaters and their faults. Illustrated with engraved plates, it remains a collectible reference among horological historians. The construction of the movement of this clock dates it to the late 18th century, however it is unlikely that Vigniaux entirely made the clock himself, as was fairly standard practice of the time. The case, with slight variations, appears to have been a popular design at the time with quite a few examples still in existence with different clockmakers names attached. Vigniaux likely purchased a blank movement and then finished it himself, adding his name to the dial and then casing it up for sale in his workshop.
Case & dial: The gilt bronze case with drumhead enclosing the white convex enamel dial with black Roman numerals, outside Arabic minutes an pierced gilt hands, enclosed by a plain hinged and glazed bezel, surmounted by a portrait of Henri IV in relief, a boy dressed as a Roman soldier stands astride, amongst gunpowder barrels, cannons, cannonballs and flags, on a shaped white marble base with gilt border inset with central ormolu floriate panel and flanked by applied acanthus leaf decoration. Movement: eight day twin train spring driven movement with silk suspension, and outside countwheel striking the hours and half hours on a bell.Dimensions (inches)
Height: 9 1/2
Width: 7 7/8
Depth: 3 1/2Dimension
Weight: 25.00 lbsCondition
Good - missing feet, old repair to enamel dial. Working condition has not been verified.
- Provenance
Formerly in the estate of Tom and Ann Cousins
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cousins
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