Cartel Louis XV by Aubert, valet and watchmaker to the King, circa 1750

Rocaille cartel from the Louis XV period in gilded bronze, with openwork sides, dominated by a figure of divinity (who must have held his attribute in his right hand). Sitting on a cloud, she seems to respond to the two loves who find themselves at rest, also fluttering on a cloud.

Born at a time when the intimacy of private life was essential to the detriment of public pomp, the rocaille style was worn by noble sponsors, but also by rich bourgeois people able to build and furnish sumptuous hotels. individuals.
Unlike other styles which are defined by systems of proportions or references to older periods such as Antiquity, rocaille is based on ornament and is made up of figurative shapes assembled together with fantasy as is the case on our cartel.

The box surrounded by two rockeries is highlighted on the edges of flowering and foliage branches. The still frankly rocaille style of this cartel seems entirely characteristic of the phase of calming down that we observe at the end of the flourishing of this style, with a very clear return to symmetrical forms.

The movement in perfect condition has an original meeting wheel escapement (also called verge escapement). It strikes the hours and half-hours on the gong.

Signed on the dial and the backplate by “Aubert à Paris”. A Parisian master watchmaker, he was appointed watchmaker valet to the King in 1737. Aged 34 and a widower, he remarried in 1739 and requested the vacant accommodation of Bidault at the Galeries du Louvre where he settled.

Parisian work circa 1750,
Movement in perfect working order, serviced and guaranteed.

Height: 54 cm.
Width: 36 cm.

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Ref: YUN7N6E003