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This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 539
Le Noir was the founder of a dynasty of French clockmakers who specialized in making movements in lavishly decorated cases for royal and aristocratic patrons from all over Europe. The case of this one, made in the Chantilly porcelain manufactory (founded ca. 1725), reflects the taste for chinoiserie, or European evocations of Chinese art, sometimes including, as on this clock, amusing figures of "Chinamen." The movement has a single train and does not strike the hours.
Signature: Movement and dial signed ESTIENNE LE NOIR à PARIS
Castle Hill, Devon, England (Lady Margaret Fortescue)Lady Margaret Fortescue (until 1966; sale, Christie's, London, March 28, 1966, lot 145; removed from Castle Hill, Devon); F. P. Victoria
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