A Louis XVI ormolu and white marble mantle clock circa 1790, later dial signed Julien Leroy A Paris

Please note that we do not guarantee movements. Dial is later. Gilt bronze with some oxidation and rubbing. Light surface scratches. One floral garland to the side is slightly loose; recommend securing. Marble with some abrasions and small chips to edges.
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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 a basically identical pendule à casolette. Clocks of this model, or 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. Other pendules à casolette of this exact model include one in the Swedish Royal Collection and one in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.