Gaspard = Gaspard Hommer

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Nom
Gaspard = Gaspard Hommer
Date de naissance
c. 1706
Date de mort
1773
Lieu de naissance
Volmunster (Moselle)
Lieu de mort
Luneville
Couverture temporelle
mid-18th century
Biographie
Mechanician, 'tourneur du Roi' as he described himself on a mechnical equinoctial dial (1); The. king in question was Stanislas Leszczynski, King of Poland whose court was established at Luneville. Gaspard inter alia made scientific instruments. One of his dials is dated 1753 (2).
Notes biographiques
1 Randier 19.11. 78 lot 147bis. For a similar dial see Wilmart/Boisgirard 7. 12. 90 lot 38. See also Tesseract 55, 1996, N° 55.
2 Musée Historique de Lorraine, Nancy, which holds a second dial dated 1752. A further instrument is in Edinburgh, and another was sold at Sotheby's London, 2018
Adresse ; enseigne ; période ; source
Luneville
Identifiant
1723
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