CIRCA 1797, THE DIAL BY GRENIER

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A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND TERRACOTTA MANTEL CLOCK
CIRCA 1797, THE DIAL BY GRENIER
The white enamel Roman and Arabic dial signed 'GRENIER A ROUEN', and twin barrel movement with silk suspension, continental strike and trip repeat on bell, above a bow-fronted pedestal flanked by an amourous couple, on a bow-fronted base decorated with a frieze with entwined ribbon and oak swags on fluted feet, minor restorations
17 in. (44 cm.) high; 13¾ in. (35 cm.) wide; 8¾ in. (22 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

With the sculptural quality of its romantic scene, this clock relates to the oeuvre of Louis-Simon Boizot (1743-1809). Not a sculptor, Boizot also created furniture mounts, vases, chenêts and of course clocks. His clientèle included most of the patrons of the last decades of the 18th Century, including Madame du Barry, the comte d'Artois or the Prince de Condé (cf. exhibition catalogue, Louis-Simon Boizot, Paris, 2001, pp. 43-44).
Another clock attributed to Boizot with restrained ormolu mounts by François Rémond (1747-1812), formerly in the Michel Meyer collection, is illustrated in J.D. Augarde, Les Ouvriers du Temps, Geneva, 1996, p. 183 fig. 147.
Grenier, a horloger who worked in Rouen in the late 18th Century, became famous for his intricate clock movements which he published.

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