THE MOVEMENT BY CRONIER, THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO MORLAY, CIRCA 1775

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
THE MOVEMENT BY CRONIER, THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO MORLAY, CIRCA 1775
The case with a draped female figure of Clio examining a parchment, flanked by a floral garland and a putto near a globe, the rectangular base with foliate friezes, rosettes and oak leaves, acorns and swags, on four fluted quadrangular feet, on a further bleu turquin marble base, the white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes and signed 'Cronier / A PARIS', with fine adjustment and trip-lever and pierced-gilt hands, the twin-barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike to bell
19 ¼ in. (49 cm.) high; 17 ¾ in. (45 cm.) wide; 7 in. (17.8 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Two horlogers signed their works Cronier A PARIS: Jean-François Cronier (1751-1806) and Jean-Baptiste Cronier, maître in 1781. This clock is identical to the one sold at Picard, Paris, 29 November 1992, lot 9 (J.-D. Augarde, Les ouvriers du temps. La pendule à Paris de Louis XIV à Napoléon Ier, 1996, fig. 223), signed by the bronzier René-François Morlay, maître in 1756. A further example of this model, also signed Morlay to the case, is in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (Inv. 36244).

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