Meissen porcelain, chased and gilt bronze clock... Lot 26

Meissen porcelain, chased and gilt bronze clock featuring two figures resting on a rocaille terrace beneath painted sheet metal branches decorated with polychrome flowers. . The dial, signed Jean Lenoir, is surmounted by a rooster. Paris. Louis XV period, circa 1750. H_32 cm L_25 cm. In old condition. These elegant clocks decorated with animals, figures or Buddha in Vincennes, Sèvres and Meissen porcelain are precious objects invented by 18th-century haberdashery merchants, of which the most famous, such as Darnault and Lazare Duvaux, made a specialty. Expert: Stéphane Pépe