DENOYELLE

DENOYELLE, DIANA AU REPOS Denoyelle A Paris. Made circa 1789. Very fine and rare, Louis XVI, carved white and black marble and gilt-bronze, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking mantel clock with duo-date calendar, moon phases, pin-wheel escapement and enamel dial by Muret. rectangular black marble base, the front inset with a gilt-bronze relief plaque depicting cherubs at play, fl anked by gilt-bronze paterae, gilt bronze feet, white marble case carved as a rock, to the left the gilt-bronze fi gue of Diana in repose, dead birds at her feet, to the right, a gilt-bronze bird on a branch, a dog on its hind legs in persuit, a serpent around the base, beaded giltbronze bezel. Convex white enamel by Muret, Arabic numerals, outer dot minute divisions, blue 15-minuet numerals, outermost red date numerals, inner days of the week, aperture for the painted on enamel moon phases with lunar calendar on the periphery. Fine pierced gilt-brass hands, steel arrow calendar hands. Circular gilt-brass with fl at-bottom plates, large going barrels for both trains, pin-wheel escapement, silk suspension, striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with outside countwheel. Dial signed. Dim. 48 x 42 x 19 cm. Notes Denoyelle Ferdinand-Philippe Denoyelle, maitre in 1788. He worked in Rue du Coq Saint-Honore in 1789. The present clock is almost certainly the same one mentioned in Tardy “relevée sur une pendule fi n Louis XV, en marbre blanc. Femme Pleurant un oiseau mort, un amour en apporte u