THE DIAL BY DUBUISSON, THE CASE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE, CIRCA 1805

Name: AN EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
Brand: THE DIAL BY DUBUISSON, THE CASE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE, CIRCA 1805
Price: 5500.00 USD
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Price Realised USD 6,930

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USD 5,000 - USD 8,000

Closed: 8 Apr 2025

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK

THE DIAL BY DUBUISSON, THE CASE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE, CIRCA 1805

Price Realised USD 6,930

Closed: 8 Apr 2025

Price Realised USD 6,930

Closed: 8 Apr 2025

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In matte and burnished gilding, the borne case with classical maidens at a fountain, Cupid with an arrow and quiver to one side, dolphins with entwined tails to the top, the plinth cast with swans and foliage, on bun feet, the white enamel dial signed à Paris, its reverse inscribed 1207 a Paris and 1207/Dub (for Dubuisson), the movement stamped F
22¹⁄₂ in. (57.5 cm.) high, 16 in. (41 cm.) wide, 7³⁄₄ in. (20 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Eric Pillon, Versailles, 22 November 1998.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 22 October 2010, lot 569.

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Lot Essay

Etienne Gobin, known as Dubuisson (d. 1822), watch and clock enameler, worked at Chantilly and Sèvres as a flower painter. He is later recorded in the rue de la Huchette in the 1790s before moving to rue de la Calandre around 1812.

A virtually identical example with the case signed Lefèvre is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, , Paris, 1997, p. 391 pl. F, where the model is attributed to Claude Galle (1759-1815), one of the preeminent of the Empire period. Another example is illustrated in Tardy, , Paris, 1981, p. 292, where this model is described as being of remarkable quality.