MARTINOT in Paris Chased and gilt bronze clock... Lot 274

MARTINOT in Paris Chased and gilt bronze clock with pine cone. Lion's head handles. Enameled circular dial with Arabic and Roman numerals. It stands on a rectangular stave base decorated with oak leaf garlands and acorns. Louis XVI period Height: 62 cm; Width: 30 cm; Depth: 25 cm (wear to gilding, accidents) Model after a drawing by Osmond. A similar clock is preserved at the Château de Chantilly, in the former collection of the Viscountess Vigier, displayed on the cardboard desk of Lalive de Jully de Baumhauer.