95th Auction
2017/5/6
Lot 371
Adam Léchopié aux Thuilleries à Paris, 2030 mm, circa 1800
A decorative quarter repeating Empire Regulator with moon phase
Case: mahogany. Dial: glass. Movm.: rectangular-shaped brass movement, 1 hammer / 2 bells, weight driven by "Huygens" system, barrel for striking train, steel pendulum rod and brass bob, pendulum spring suspension.
This is an unusual arrangement of one hammer and two bells, where the position of the hammer is adjusted mid-strike, so that it can strike the second bell too. Equally remarkable is the well-preserved white varnished glass dial set in a metal frame; the exquisitely engraved brass moonphase is visible through a cut-out section in the dial.
Adam Auguste Léchopié (L'Échopie) became a master clockmaker in 1758. He signed his work with LÉCHOPIÉ A PARIS and was still active around 1800; his workshop was located at 67, Rue-Neuve-des-Petits-Champs. One of his customers was the Marquis de Brunoy. Léchopié used cases created by Osmond and by Thomire for his pendulum clocks.
Adam Auguste was married to Jeanne Thérèse Changey; their son Philippe-Adam Léchopié later signed his work with Léchopié Jeune à Paris, and their daughter married the maker Joseph Mignolet.
A decorative quarter repeating Empire Regulator with moon phase
Case: mahogany. Dial: glass. Movm.: rectangular-shaped brass movement, 1 hammer / 2 bells, weight driven by "Huygens" system, barrel for striking train, steel pendulum rod and brass bob, pendulum spring suspension.
This is an unusual arrangement of one hammer and two bells, where the position of the hammer is adjusted mid-strike, so that it can strike the second bell too. Equally remarkable is the well-preserved white varnished glass dial set in a metal frame; the exquisitely engraved brass moonphase is visible through a cut-out section in the dial.
Adam Auguste Léchopié (L'Échopie) became a master clockmaker in 1758. He signed his work with LÉCHOPIÉ A PARIS and was still active around 1800; his workshop was located at 67, Rue-Neuve-des-Petits-Champs. One of his customers was the Marquis de Brunoy. Léchopié used cases created by Osmond and by Thomire for his pendulum clocks.
Adam Auguste was married to Jeanne Thérèse Changey; their son Philippe-Adam Léchopié later signed his work with Léchopié Jeune à Paris, and their daughter married the maker Joseph Mignolet.
estimated
10.000—13.000 €
Price realized
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