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.

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