THE DIAL BY ETIENNE GOBIN, KNOWN AS DUBUISSON, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND RED GRIOTTE DE CAMPAN MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
The dial by Etienne Gobin, known as Dubuisson, late 18th Century
The circular white-enamelled dial painted with Arabic chapters in silvered and gilt wreaths and signed 'Dubuisson' and 'à Paris', within an octagonal case surmounted by a winged putto bearing a flag and a laurel wreath and flanked by fruiting vine, on a martial trophy support and flanked by further winged putti wittrumpets, flags and various parts of armour, on a rectangular rounded stepped plinth centred by a shield-shaped plaque of Victory and flanked by oak-leaf garlands, on paw feet, one putto lacking laurel branch
27 in. (69 cm.) high; 18½ in. (47 cm.) wide; 5 in. (13 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

A virtually identical clock, with the dial signed by Dubuc, is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, La Pendule Française, Paris, 1990, p. 333, fig. D. Kjellberg also mentions further examples in the Louvre.
Etienne Gobin, known as Dubuisson (d. circa 1822), watch and clock enameller, worked at Chantilly and Sèvres as a flower painter. He is later recorded in the Rue de la Huchette in the 1790's before moving to Rue de la Calandre around 1812.

Another example, with a white marble base, was sold Sotheby's London, 10 June 1999, lot 180 (£ 17,250).

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