A FINE FRENCH LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK

A FINE FRENCH LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK

BY MATHIEU LAINE, PARIS, C.1780

the brass eight day twin train movement with an outside countwheel striking on a bell, with silk suspension, the circular white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and concentric calendar and days of the week dials, signed 'Mathieu Laine A Paris', the case surmounted arrow and flaming torch trophies above ribbon tied leaves, the sides with trailing ivy, on toupie feet, with winding key and pendulum

47cm high, 31cm wide, 16.3cm deep

Provenance

Purchased by the current vendor from Jeremy Ltd, 29 Lowndes Street, London, 1st June 1998.

Catalogue Note

Mathieu Claude (Charles) L'aine master 1754-1789. A similar clock is illustrated in Pierre Kjellberg, Encyclopedie de la Pandule Francais du Moyen Age au XX siecle, p.176, fig. A.