A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK by Baucour, the circular ribbon-twist glazed enamelled dial with both Roman and Arabic numerals signed Gille L'ainé A PARIS, within a trailing foliate-arabesque border flanked by scrolled volutes with bifurcated acanthus and surmounted by an egg-and-dart beaded cornice, the panelled top inset with laurel surmounted by a foliate-swagged urn flanked by cone-finials, the breakfront panelled plinth with inset balustrade and rosette upon turned toupie feet, the reverse bezel with scratch-mark signature Gille Lainea.., stamped BAUCOUR

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK by Baucour, the circular ribbon-twist glazed enamelled dial with both Roman and Arabic numerals signed Gille L'ai<->né A PARIS, within a trailing foliate-arabesque border flanked by scrolled volutes with bifurcated acanthus and surmounted by an egg-and-dart beaded cornice, the panelled top inset with laurel surmounted by a foliate-swagged urn flanked by cone-finials, the breakfront panelled plinth with inset balustrade and rosette upon turned toupie feet, the reverse bezel with scratch-mark signature Gille Lainea.., stamped BAUCOUR
7¾in. (20cm.) wide; 12½in. (32cm.) high

Lot Essay

Pierre Gilles-Quentin, maître in 1746
Jean-Louis Bancour, ciseleur, is recorded in the 'cour de lEgout Saint-Antoine, Paris circa 1783-8.

A related clock, similarly stamped by 'Bancour' was sold by Philip Crawshaw Esq in these Rooms, 27 June 1974, lot 7 and is discussed in P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Francais du XVIII siècle, Paris 1987, p.253, fig. 264-5. A further clock is recorded in the Thomassin Collection at Douai in 1883 (A. de Champeaux, Dictionnaire des Fondeurs, vol. 1, A-C., p.85).

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