Maison Lépine 19th century A Louis XVI style gilt-bronze three piece clock garniture Paris, last quarter 19th century

comprising a clock and a pair of seven light candelabra, the enameled dial inscribed Lepine / A Paris / Place des victoires, 2, the twin train movement stamped LEPINE A PARIS and numbered 22388

Jean-Dominique Augarde, Les Ouvriers du Temps, s.n., 1996, p. 262

Please note that the movement has not been checked for functionality. However, the movement is complete and may be put into a working state by a professional horologist. tarnishing and pitting to gilt bronze in places. minute chip to enamel around key holes. pierced for electricity. Six drip pans pieced for electricity. Bell, pendulum, and winder present.
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The design for this clock is generally attributed to François Vion. A drawing executed by Duplessis is now in the Esmerian Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and shows an essentially identical pendule à casolette. Clocks of this model, or ones with slight modifications, were particularly popular with the French royal family and their closest circle. Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Mesdames Victoire and Adélaïde, the Marquis de Sérent, and the Comte de Provence are all known to have owned a clock of this design. Marie-Antoinette owned two examples, one at St. Cloud and one in Paris. Louis XVI purchased one for the Tuilleries in 1789.