A LOUIS XV ORMOLU STRIKING CARTEL CLOCK
FRANCOIS CARANDA, PARIS, MID-18TH CENTURY
The case of naturalistic form with flowers and foliage, the white enamel dial signed 'CARANDA / A PARIS', the twin barrel movement with later brocot regulation and countwheel strike to bell
24 in. (61 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) wide; 5 ¾ in. (14.5 cm.) deep
Francois Caranda (b. Paris 1704 - d. after 1789), was apprenticed to Daniel Pillon (1722), received on 4 January 1741. Horloger du Roi by supplying the Garde-Meuble. He used cases by Antoine Foullet.
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