Expert Guide to Antique French Clocks


Hubert A very important III automaton elephant clock

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Hubert A very important III automaton elephant clock

Learn more about one of the most important pieces in Waddesdon's collection, the musical elephant automaton. Curator of Decorative Arts, Mia Jackson, will explore one of Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild's most admired treasures. Discover more about the astonishing musical elephant automaton which was created in the 1770s, including new.


A superb and very rare III ormolu and white marble astronomical

From the interior of Waddesdon Manor NT. The Automaton was made around 1774 by Hubert Martinet, a French clockmaker working in London. Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild bought it sometime before 1989, when it was played for the Shah of Persia's visit.


Expert Guide to Antique French Clocks

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Spotlight on Hubert musical elephant automaton Waddesdon Manor

The trunk is signed in fake diamonds by Hubert Martinet, the rival and, Betts thinks, a superior workshop owner who assembled the craftsmen specialists in clockwork, ormolu, sand-cast brass.


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Hubert Martinet. Joseph Coteau (1740-1801) Jean-Baptiste Petit. Exceptional Finely Chased Gilt and Matte Bronze and White Carrara Marble Astronomical Mantel Clock. Attributed to Hubert Martinet.


Pendule astronomique par Hubert Musee des Arts decoratifs et

Biography A very important George III automaton elephant clock by Hubert Martinet, London, date circa 1770 Martinet was active both in London and Paris during the 1770's and 1780's and though little is recorded of his specific activities we know that he worked as both a horloger and a mercier.


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Martinet - Coteau Exceptionnelle pendule astronomique de cheminée en bronze très f. Découvrez la biographie de Hubert Martinet . La Pendulerie, spécialiste des horloges anciennes d'exception, propose des œuvres de Hubert Martinet .


Hubert A very important III automaton elephant clock

Hubert Martinet's elephant automaton. Photo: © National Trust/Waddesdon Manor On 13 February 1772, an advertisement in The Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser invited the 'curious Spectator' to admire this masterpiece at the Ring and Pearl between 'ten o'clock in the morning till nine at night, every day', except Sundays.


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Hubert Martinet was one of the most important Parisian artisans of the last third of the 18th century. Active in Paris and London as of 1768, he quickly gained renown due to his exceptional talent.


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Hubert Martinet is known to have exhibited an elephant automaton, possibly this one, in Paris in 1774. THE MAKER. Hubert Martinet (active c1768-1790) worked as a clockmaker and retailer in Paris and London, where he had a workshop in Clerkenwel­l. Details of his life are sketchy, but he is known to have supplied the Duc d'Orléans with two.


Musical automaton, a selfoperating machine, or a machine or control

Hubert Martinet, Elephant Automaton, ca. 1770 (National Trust / Waddesdon Manor) In addition to this book celebrating the 125th anniversary of the National Trust (in 2020), the project includes a podcast, hosted by Alison Steadman, the first episode of which addresses Waddesdon Manor's Elephant Automaton, made by Hubert Martinet (ca. 1770).


Hubert A very important III automaton elephant clock

A musical elephant made by the French clockmaker Hubert Martinet in 1774. Photo credit: National Trust, Waddesdon Manor. Bracket Clocks The term bracket clock is often used to describe mantle and table clocks. However for this article I refer to clocks that sat on an actual matching wall bracket.


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Hubert Martinet, Musical Automaton 1768?-1772 chased bronze, with gilt-bronze, patinated bronze, and polychrome oil paint, ornamented with white, red, green, blue and yellow paste, mother of pearl and glass covers, carved oak base. Waddesdon (National Trust) Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Photo: Waddesdon Image Library


Bonhams A fine and rare late 18th century French ormolumounted

Lombardy 1796: State, Society, and Post-Revolutionary Applications. By Roberto A. Scattolin, Italy. The historical figure of Gian Galeazzo Serbelloni [1] is connected to the political role he sustained at Milan, and in Lombardy, after the relentless advancing of the French-Republican forces during the first Italian campaign of 1796.