Gabriel VAN DEN BRUEL (1727-1782), Watchmaker in Lille, - Lot 315

Gabriel VAN DEN BRUEL (1727-1782), Watchmaker in Lille, An important violin-shaped wall-mounted cartel and its console with painted flowers and foliage on a green background in Martin varnish. Rich ormolu ornamentation such as flowers and foliage, shells and rocaille frames. Thirteen-part enameled dial signed "VANDEN BRUEL à LILLE" showing 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. 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 Retrospective Exhibition of the Pas-de-Calais Historical Monuments Commission in 1896.