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Stock No: CA4106 A fabulous 18th century French mantel clock in an ormolu and bronze case featuring the names of  Lepine and Javelot. The bronze figure of a putti is based on a design by F. Boulez; here he is reclining against the clock and is holding a stylus and a scroll engraved with a cartoon, he is seated on the ormolu volumes of books with drapes, bows and swags surrounding the clock case. The squared ormolu case has fluted sides and the top has a sundial and a square and compasses and a celestial globe pivoted on a six armed stand. The opening cast ormolu bezel has oval and twist decor. The convex enamel dial has Roman hours and Arabic five minutes markings and is signed Lepine Place de la Victoire No. 12. The gilded hands are finely pierced and fretted. The back of the clock has a closefitting fluted door opening to reveal the drum movement, the backplate is engraved JAVELOT PARIS, the countwheel has engraved numerals and stroked the hours and half hours on a bell, there is anchor escapement and Brocot suspension replacing the original silk suspension. There is an intriguing marking on the back of the dial "A la Cressoniere". Javelot was making high quality clocks in Paris from 1787-1789 but there is no note of him after the revolution. The Lepine family were renouned for their clocks, Jean Antoine Lepine b. 1720 d. 1814 was pre-eminent making clocks and watches for Louis XV, Louis XVI, Napoleon and Josaphine. There are also clocks by him in Buckingham Palance. Height 29cms width 30cms depth 12.5cms