Bidspirit auction | Pendulum on console

Pendulum on console - BOUCHET , JEAN LOUIS Paris Title: Pendulum on console. Date: Ca. 1770. Material: Wooden core with tortoiseshell inlaid against a green background. Gilt bronze appliqués, enamel cartouches. Measurement: Console 20 x 29 x 15cm, wall clock 55 x 28 x 14 cm. Mark: Marked ‘Bouchet Hger du Roi’ on the dial and ‘Boucher hger du Roy Paris’ on the movement plate on the back (Jean Louis Bouchet. From 1769, Horlogeur du Roi for the châteaux of Bellevue and Tardy, p. 70). Description: Curved console with rich rocaille decoration. The tall, rectangular, curved case is also adorned with rocaille and a floral finial. The glazed front door features a small cupid figure beneath the dial. The dial consists of segmented enamel cartouches with Roman hour markers and Arabic minute track. Pendulum movement with spindle escapement and thread suspension. Half-hour striking on an upper bell. Pendulum and key included. Please note that this item has been made using protected species materials. In accordance with CITES regulations, this item cannot be exported from the EU. An EU sales permit is available. Provenance: - The Kurt and Ilse Baden Collection – Baden Art Foundation. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: The lot is unsuitable for parcel shipping. Transport only by shipping company after consultation following the auction. additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: max. 41.65 Euro over a total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: 1.8 o/oo USA by individual arrangement after the auction. #Jean Louis Bouchet #France #Clocks. Please note that this object is made of materials, for whose export into countries outside the EU contract area a permission due to Cites regulations is necessary. We point out that such a permission is usually not given. In accordance with §26 UrhG (German Copyright Act), VAN HAM is obliged to pay a statutory resale royalty on the sale proceeds of all original works of fine art and photography whose authors have not been deceased for 70 years prior to the end of the calendar year of the sale. The buyer shall contribute 1.5% of the hammer price to this fee.