Louis XVI white marble and gilt bronze portico clock, decora - Lot 1235

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1900 - 2200 EUR
Result : NC
Louis XVI white marble and gilt bronze portico clock, decora - Lot 1235
Louis XVI white marble and gilt bronze portico clock, decorated with garlands, bow and pearls, surmounted by a cassolette. It rests on two fluted feet decorated with bronze asparagus tips. It rests on a base edged with a row of pearls with a bronze cartouche of foliage and supported by 4 spinning legs. Its porcelain dial showing the hours in Roman numerals and the minutes in increments of fifteen in Arabic numerals and finally its two gilt bronze cross hands. signed Cronier à Paris. Height: 44.5 cm, width: 22 cm, depth: 8 cm. Accidents and failures. Cronier ou Crosnier Antoine: Son of a master carpenter, Antoine Crosnier was received master watchmaker on March 1, 1763 and set up his workshop in rue Saint-Honoré. He was one of the leading watchmakers of the second half of the 18th century and used the best craftsmen for the cases and bronzes of his clocks: notably Jean-Pierre Latz, Balthazar Lieutaud, François Goyer, François Vion and Jean-Baptiste Osmond. As early as the 18th century, some of his achievements are mentioned with the Marshal of Choiseul-Stainville, the Duke of Deux-Ponts and the Marquis of Sainte-Amaranthe.
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