THE MOVEMENT BY CLAUDE ARTUS, PARIS, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

The case with domed cover and outset flambeau vase finials, the arched dial flanked by caryatid mounts, with lambrequin frieze, the engraved rectangular dial plate with applied chapter ring and signed to the lower edge 'Claude Artus / A Paris', later blue enamel chapters and pierced steel hands, the twin barrel movement with verge escapement, silk suspension and two hammers rack striking two bells above the case, the backplate signed 'Claude Artus A Paris'
21 in. (53.4 cm.) high; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide; 5³⁄₄ in. (14.5 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 21 November 2007, lot 497.

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