A gilt-bronze-mounted cartel clock and bracket circa 1900

after the model by Charles Cressent, 8¼-inch thirteen-piece enamel dial signed Duchesne A Paris, bell striking Etienne Maxant movement with Brocot escapement

Dial in good condition. Movement is complete and looks as though it would run but may benefit from a clean. Case in good restored condition. With pendulum and winder.
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Comparative Literature:
C. Bremer-David and others, The Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J.Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1993, p. 89, fig. 139.
H. Ottomeyer/P.Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. I, p. 79, pl.1.12.7. 

This clock-case is based upon the celebrated model by Charles Cressent, now in the J. Paul Getty Museum (71.DB.115), illustrated in the Catalogue of the Collections op. cit., p. 89, fig. 139 and by H. Ottomeyer /P. Pröschel op. cit., p. 79, pl. 1.12.7. The latter also has a gilt-bronze rocaille bracket as on the present clock. The 18th century cases are attributed to Cressent due to their similarity to a detailed description in the inventory of his workshop drawn up in 1773. In his sale in 1757, the same model was mentioned as number 157.

Charles Cressent (1685-1768) received Master after 1720, and was regarded as the most important furniture maker of the Régence and the early Louis XV period.  He later obtained the title of ébénsiste du Duc d'Orléans. He was one of a small minority of ébénistes who were permitted to make their own gilt-bronze mounts, which was against the Guild's laws and strictly forbidden