Lot Essay
The Parisian clockmaker Grignon-Meusnier is recorded working on the rue d'Anjou between 1840 and 1850, and on the rue Charlot in 1860.
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THE CLOCK MOVEMENT BY GRIGNON-MEUSNIER, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A Napoleon III silvered and gilt-bronze three-piece garniture
The clock movement by Grignon-Meusnier, Paris, Third quarter 19th Century
Comprising a double-sided clock and a pair of eight-light candelabra: the clock surmounted by three Bacchic putti, above a pierced rocaille-cast case, one side centred by an enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapters, inscribed GRIGNON-MEUNSIER/A PARIS, the other side with an ormolu dial with enamelled Roman chapters and twin-train movement engraved GRIGNON-MEUNSIER/Paris, the candelabra modelled en suite, each with a putto holding aloft foliate-cast candlearms
The clock: 26¼ in. (66.7 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; The candelabra: 37½ in. (95.2 cm.) high (3)
The clock movement by Grignon-Meusnier, Paris, Third quarter 19th Century
Comprising a double-sided clock and a pair of eight-light candelabra: the clock surmounted by three Bacchic putti, above a pierced rocaille-cast case, one side centred by an enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapters, inscribed GRIGNON-MEUNSIER/A PARIS, the other side with an ormolu dial with enamelled Roman chapters and twin-train movement engraved GRIGNON-MEUNSIER/Paris, the candelabra modelled en suite, each with a putto holding aloft foliate-cast candlearms
The clock: 26¼ in. (66.7 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; The candelabra: 37½ in. (95.2 cm.) high (3)