Large Louis XVI period gilt and chased bronze wall clock, signed Jacques PANIER in Paris. The body of this clock is in the form of an architectural cartouche, with a ribbed or fluted base, a molded bezel, framed by two sheaths with goat heads and open pomegranates, and by two openwork trellises, underlined by a heavy laurel garland, and topped at the amortization by a Love writing, framed by two Greek handles. The glazed lower part is highlighted by a frieze of dentils, four pine cones and a large leafy pomegranate base. The dial is white enameled and bears the master watchmaker's signature. Black-painted Roman numerals mark the hours, while Arabic numerals mark the minutes. A railroad track adorns the hands. The hands are openworked and engraved with a dolphin or fleur-de-lys. Mechanical movement with key winding, signed. Wire suspension with attached pastille balance. Screw-down, blackened brass plate back. Circa: 1775.
Jacques Panier: master watchmaker from Louis XV to Louis XVI Master in 1743, Jacques Charles Panier worked until the 1780's. He was a warden of the Corporation in 1759, and of the Syndicate in 1782.
Condition report: Some cast cracks, wear and oxidation to the original mercury gilding; left latticework cracked and missing; some hair and lifting to the dial enamel, with two restored chips at 9 o'clock.
- Reference :
- 3333
- Width :
- 42 (cm)
- Height :
- 76 (cm)
- Depth :
- 13 (cm)
- Period:
- 18th century
- Style:
- Louis XVI
- Materials:
- Gilded bronze
