CIRCA 1785, THE DIAL SIGNED CROSNIER A PARIS, THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT OSMOND

Antoine Crosnier, (1732-after 1806), mitre on 1 March 1736 is recorded as having worked with Latz, Bonnet, Goyer, Vion and Osmond and his distinguished clientele included the marchal de Choiseul-Stainville, Prince Beloselski-Belozerski and the duc des Deux-Ponts.
A drawing by the bronzier Robert Osmond, No 39, showing a clock of closely related design, is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer/P. Prschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol I, p. 184. A further related model with dial signed 'Etienne LeNoir Paris', of circa 1775-80, is illustrated in R. Mhe and H. M. Vogel, Horloges Anciennes, Fribourg, p. 191, no. 352.