Oct 16, 2025 10:00 EST
Old Master Paintings / Russian Art / Silver / English & Continental Furniture
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Empire Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Portico Clock, by Jean-Antoine Lépine
Circa 1800
The architectural case surmounted by a finial in the form of an Egyptian male figure above a triangular pediment supported on six patinated bronze columns with gilt-bronze capitals and bases. The rectangular plinth adorned with finely cast and chiseled gilt-bronze appliques of classical motifs, including seated figures, animals, and a central urn. The white enamel dial with Roman numerals and Arabic minute track, finely pierced gilt hands, and twin winding apertures, the dial signed Lépine/ Paris. The movement with anchor escapement and silk suspension, striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, the movement signed: Lepine H er du Roy, Paris, No. 4126.
Jean-Antoine Lépine (1720-1810).
Height 24 inches (61 cm), width 13 3/4 inches (35 cm), depth 5 1/2 inches (14 cm).
$4,000 - $6,000
Circa 1800
The architectural case surmounted by a finial in the form of an Egyptian male figure above a triangular pediment supported on six patinated bronze columns with gilt-bronze capitals and bases. The rectangular plinth adorned with finely cast and chiseled gilt-bronze appliques of classical motifs, including seated figures, animals, and a central urn. The white enamel dial with Roman numerals and Arabic minute track, finely pierced gilt hands, and twin winding apertures, the dial signed Lépine/ Paris. The movement with anchor escapement and silk suspension, striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, the movement signed: Lepine H er du Roy, Paris, No. 4126.
Jean-Antoine Lépine (1720-1810).
Height 24 inches (61 cm), width 13 3/4 inches (35 cm), depth 5 1/2 inches (14 cm).
Notes:
Jean-Antoine Lépine (1720-1814) was one of the most innovative French horologists of the 18th Century, appointed Horloger du Roi (clockmaker of the king) to Louis XV and Louis XV.
Related literature:
Tardy, Dictonaire des Horlogers Francais.
Augarde, Les Ouvriers de Temps, La Pendule Parisienne de Louis XIV a Napoleon Ier.
Musee du Louvre, horology collection (for examples of Jean-Antoine Lépine clocks in similar cases).
English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
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