Pendule „studying the table of laws“, France, Paris about 1770/1780

Clockwork by Adam Léchopié à Paris (1724/from 1758 master -1795), signed on the dial and on the back on the circuit board

marble, bronze, gilded,

measurements: 44,0 x 42,0 x 13,0 cm

The gilded bronzes of the elaborate pendule are most probably by the workshop of Robert Osmond (1712-1789).

 

Literatur:

S. de Ricci (Hg.), Der Stil Louis XVI, Stuttgart (1913), p. 151;

E. Niehüser, Die französische Bronzeuhr, München 1997, p. 218, fig. 422.