Gabriel VAN DEN BRUEL (1727-1782) Watchmaker, Lille - Lot 327

Gabriel VAN DEN BRUEL (1727-1782) Watchmaker, Lille An important violin-shaped wall-mounted cartel and its console with painted flowers and foliage on a green background. Rich ormolu ornamentation of flowers and foliage, shells and rocaille frames. Enameled 13-part dial signed "VANDEN BRUEL à LILLE" indicating hours in Roman numerals and minutes in Arabic numerals. Original movement countersigned on the plate. Louis XV period Total height: 117 cm Height 86.2 cm without console Width : 38.5 cm Depth: 15.2 cm Some missing polychromy and minor restorations. Note: A clock by the same clockmaker in red Martin varnish was formerly in the collection of Colonel Dumont in Aire and was presented to the public at the 1896 Retrospective Exhibition of the Pas-de-Calais Historical Monuments Commission.