French Gilt Bronze & Porcelain Mantel Clock by Jean Baptiste Delettrez
Description
An excellent quality gilt bronze mantel clock with finely cast case by renowned maker Jean Baptiste Delettrez. The case has acanthus and laurel leaf moulding with scroll leaf design to the plinth base, egg and dart moulding and pineapple finials. The case has inset porcelain panels delicately hand painted of birds and cherubs within a gilt and pink border, surmounted with porcelain urn.
The white enamel dial has Roman numerals and the movement is an eight day duration which strikes the hours and half hours on a bell.
The movement and back plate is stamped with the makers name
JBD
J.B DELETTREZ
62 Rue Charlot
The clock movement has been serviced, and comes with a 12 month guarantee.
Jean-Baptiste Delettrez was born in 1816, he was a renowned clock maker of the 19th century. He went in to partnership with Achille Brocot in 1851 and they became known as Brocot et Delettrez. They were known to be the most effective clock makers of their time and they made advancements in clock making including a unique single-arm double-wheel escapement and a temperature-compensated pendulum. Once Brocot died in 1878, Delettrez produced a conventional 8-day mantel clock, which struck the hours and half-hours, still based on the standard Brocot escapement and suspension that he had helped to refine. Delettrez died in 1887.
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