Antide Janvier
Janvier Fils Chez M. Devanne, a Louis XVI ormolu-mounted mahogany table regulator with calendar and thermometer, movement dated 1768, case circa 1800 | Janvier Fils Chez M. Devanne 路易十六銅鎏金桃花心木座鐘備日曆及溫度計顯示，機芯署年1768，錶殼約1800年製
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December 9, 06:15 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Janvier Fils Chez M. Devanne, a Louis XVI ormolu-mounted mahogany table regulator with calendar and thermometer, movement dated 1768, case circa 1800
Dial: 7 ¼ inch white enamel dial, Roman numerals, concentric outer calendar ring, signed Janvier Fils Paris
Movement: twin gong barrel movement with four vase-shaped pillars, re-built anchor escapement with original pendulum calibrated with fine adjustment scale, quarter striking on two bells via rack, snail work mounted to the backplate, signed Janvier chez Mr. Devanne 1768
Case: mahogany rectangular case with gilt Bronze and mercury ormolu plaque decorated in relief representing frolicking putti, below a glazed rectangular aperture revealing silvered engraved temperature scale, flanked by a pair of Sphinxes, back with sliding panel
Size: height: 16.5 inches/42 cm, width: 10 inches/ 26 cm, depth: 7.8inches/ 20.cm
Antide Janvier (1751-1835) was one of France’s most gifted clockmakers. A mechanical genius from an early age, the movement of the present lot was made when he was 16 years old, shortly thereafter he presented an astronomical sphere to the Bescancon Academy.
Though his work was exceptional and highly regarded by his contemporaries, Janvier never attained the position of official clockmaker to the King or any of the Regimes that followed.