AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY GLAZED MANTEL CLOCK

BY ROBIN

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY GLAZED MANTEL CLOCK
By Robin
With a glazed rectangular case, the circular white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic chapters and, Signed 'Robin', with glazed hinged bezel, below a dentilled stepped cornice, on a stepped base with lappeted moulding, on later paw feet, with associated pendulum, lacking winder, the front and reverse of the base possibly reveneered
16 in. (42 cm.) high; 10 in. (25 cm.) wide; 7 in. (18.5 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The signature on the dial probably refers to Nicholas-Robert Robin (1775-1816), who later became horloger to Louis XVIII, or his brother Jean-Joseph Robin (1806-1858). Both were sons of Robert Robin, the celebrated Parisian Horloger du duc de Chartres (1742-1799), whose career was assisted by Louis XVI by granting him lodgings in the Galeries du Louvre (1785) and employment at the Royal Court (1778) (Augarde, Les Ouvriers du Temps, La Pendule Paris de Louis XVI Napolon I, Geneva, 1996, pp. 239 and 254).

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