Bracket clock
Etienne le Noir
Category
Horology
Date
circa 1720 - circa 1760
Materials
Oak, turtleshell, ormolu,porcelain, brass and enamel
Measurements
1060 mm (Height) x 250 mm (Depth); 570 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 871573.1
Summary
8 day French, boulework bracket clock by Etienne le Noir, Paris, circa 1740. 2 train 5 pillar movement with verge escapement and locking plate striking. Backplate engraved with signature. Chased brass dial with enamel chapter plaques. Steel hands. Boulework case with ormolu mounts, surmounted by a winged angel playing a trumpet, standing on matching ormolu mounted bracket
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley and transferred to NT in 1957.
Makers and roles
Etienne le Noir , horologist