47-AL-2006_Nichelino, Stupinigi Hunting Lodge, J. Robert (attr.), Clock, inv. 640

Facilitated description:

 

Joshua Robert made this watch around 1775.
The clock is red and golden and is decorated with flowers.
The clock is kept at the Palazzina di Caccia in Stupinigi.
The Centro Conservazione e Restauro La Venaria Reale restored the clock in 2006-2008 after the discovery of the work. The watch was stolen in 2004.
The restorers carried out a cleaning (cleaning the surface from the dirt deposited over time or from the layers of old restorations).
They disassembled the mechanisms and the dial to do a thorough cleaning of all parts.
They glued the parts that were peeling off. 
The clock had gaps (missing parts). The restorers have integrated (filled the gaps) with several products: resin to rebuild the support foot and wax for decoration gaps. 
They themselves have on the metal parts a product against rust. 
In the end they performed the pictorial integration (reconstructed with color) the gaps of the decoration.

 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

The restoration of the watch attributed to Josué Robert was completed in 2008 under the supervision of Pinin Brambilla Barcilon. The intervention was carried out on the occasion of the discovery of the nucleus of works stolen from the hunting lodge of Stupinigi in 2004. After the restoration, the work was relocated to the Stupinigi Palace.

 

Restauro

The watch was cleaned separately for each type of material. The detached parts (antine passage, upper right flank) were then consolidated and glued. The gaps (near the nails, the supporting iron hooks and the lower right corner of the watch case) were compensated with epoxy resin. On the metal elements was same anti-rust product. Subsequently, the mechanisms and the dial were disassembled to deepen the cleaning. Subsequently the right back foot was rebuilt with resin, made recognizable with watercolor color selection.
At the level of the pictorial decoration were removed grouting no longer suitable dating back to previous restorations and were replaced with pigmented wax. Finally, a pictorial integration with paint colors was performed.