A large, gilt-bronze portico clock from the Restoration period. It takes the form of antique architecture with four smooth Corinthian columns topped by acanthus leaf capitals. The façade features motifs of roses, rosettes, and palmettes. The base and top are decorated with friezes of acanthus leaves and dentil molding. The silvered dial, surrounded by a wreath of flowing leaves, displays the hours in Roman numerals. The pendulum is in the form of a nine-stringed lyre terminating in a large rosette. The whole rests on a rectangular base with four small feet decorated with acanthus leaves. The original movement is numbered 26367 and signed "LEPINE à Paris." This clock strikes the hours and half-hours.
The Lepine company was located on the Place des Victoires in Paris. Founded by Jean-Antoine Lepine (1762-1814), it produced mechanisms that revolutionized the field of watchmaking. He became watchmaker to King Louis XV and the Crown Furniture Repository in 1765. The business was taken over by his son-in-law, Claude-Pierre Raguet, known as Lépine, who predeceased him. Upon Jean-Antoine's death, his grandson sold the company, and subsequent owners retained the Lepine name until the 1920s.
Base size: 30cm x 15cm
Circa: 1820
Condition report : In good overall condition. Some wear to the gilding. The movement has been cleaned, serviced, and is in working order.
Delivery
Europe: 100 EUR
US/Canada/HK: 200 EUR
Rest of the world: Price upon request
- Reference :
- 3209
- Width :
- 30 (cm)
- Height :
- 59 (cm)
- Depth :
- 15 (cm)
- Era:
- 19th century, Restoration
- Style:
- Neoclassical
- Materials:
- Gilded bronze
