A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK

CIRCA 1780, THE DIAL SIGNED PIOLAINE A PARIS AND CHARDIN

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
CIRCA 1780, THE DIAL SIGNED PIOLAINE A PARIS AND CHARDIN
Of architectural form, surmounted by Venus and Cupid, the sides with fruiting swags, the front and base with putti reliefs on turned feet, the white enamel dial with pierced gilt hands, days of the month and seconds, signed 'Piolaine A Paris' and 'Chardin,' the twin barrel movement with pinwheel escapement, later brocot regulation and countwheel strike on bell
24 in. (61 cm.) high, 18 in. (46 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

A clock of the same model in the Louvre, with slight variations to the enameled dial, was a bequest of the Baron Basile de Schlichting in 1914, and is illustrated in D. Alcouffe, A. Dion-Tenenbaum, and G. Mabille, Gilt bronzes in the Louvre, Dijon, 2004, pg. 204-5, no. 103. That clock has the signature of Henri-François Dubuisson, maître émailleur in 1769, who worked for clockmakers in the manner of Coteau, while this clock is inscribed by the émailleur Chardin.

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