A gilt bronze travel clock

An early Louis XVI gilt bronze travel clock,
the dial and movement signed Duval à Roüen,
the counter-enamel signed and dated Cortes à Paris ce 27 juillet 1776

Height: 25 cm. (9 ¾ in.) Width: 13.5 cm. (5 ¼ in.) Depth: 7.5 cm. (3 in.)

The enamel dial bearing the signatures, with Roman numerals indicating the hours and Arabic numerals for the minutes with pierced and engraved gilt brass hands. The rectangular movement has a recoil lever escapement and silk-thread suspension and strikes the hours and half-hours by means of a count wheel mounted on the back-plate.

Provenance

The collection of Hans Ringier, Switzerland

An identical clock, the dial signed Querit à Paris, was formerly in my gallery, then in the collection of Franco Chamonal, sold Sotheby’s Paris, 5 November 2014, lot 209.