Clockmaker:
Jolly
Case maker:
uncertain
Table clock with 8 day circular movement. Late Louis XV design representing the rape of Europa. Drum supported on the back of a bull led by Europe and followed by Cupid, standing on an elaborately scrolled base
Dial: One piece white enamel dial with black markings, roman numerals for the hours and arabic ones for every five minutes. Elaborately pierced and shaped gilt brass hands. Signed in the dial centre ‘JOLLY A PARIS'.
Movement: 8 day circular movement striking hours and half hours on a bell. The original silk suspension for the pendulum replaced with a Brocot type adjustable spring suspension on a new back cock.
Case: Of late Louis XV design and representing the Rape of Europa. The almost symmetrical rococo ormolu base carries two ormolu figures, Cupid and attendant maid or nymph, and the bronze bull. The latter carries the restrained rococo ormolu clock surround which is surmounted by the figure of Europa. As the whole case is of very fine quality, although it is not signed, it could perhaps be attributed to Saint-Germain.
History note: Unknown before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 55.4 cm
Height: 21 7/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century, third quarter
Production date:
circa
AD 1770
Figure
composed of
ormolu
bronze
Base
composed of
ormolu
Accession number: MAR.M.205-1912
Primary reference Number: 167422
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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