Louis XVI obelisk clock signed Bourdier.

This exceptional neoclassical clock in painted marble, adorned with gilded and chiseled bronzes, is signed Bourdier.
It rests on a base of red Campan griotte marble, under painted white Carrara marble. The enamel dial displays the hours in Roman numerals and the minutes in Arabic numerals. It is encircled by interlacing friezes and framed by gilt bronze spandrels depicting olive branch knots. The bronze hands are openwork, and the hour hand bears the inscription "B" for Bourdier. On the sides, painted cartouches depict dancing putti. Next, an obelisk rests on four bronze lion paws. Each face of the obelisk is painted, and three sides feature a decoration of figures in the clouds, probably representing the allegory of science. The edges are adorned with a frieze of twisted bronze ribbon reminiscent of the armillary sphere at its summit.
The clock strikes the hours and half-hours.

Jean-Simon Bourdier was one of the most important Parisian clockmakers, ensuring the transition between the 18th and 19th centuries. Having become a master clockmaker on September 22, 1787, he immediately achieved great renown. The perfection of his mechanisms earned him prestigious commissions, including those for the King of Spain, Charles IV, and the collaboration of major artists and craftsmen such as the cabinetmakers Jean-Ferdinand Schwerdfeger and Georges Jacob, the chaser-gilder François Rémond, and the enamel painters Dubuisson and Coteau. He worked for the merchants of his time, who ensured his international renown, notably Daguerre and Julliot.
His most remarkable works are notably preserved in Madrid and Aranjuez. For Charles IV of Spain, he notably presented a musical clock composed of a duet of flutes accompanied by a string instrument imitating a two-part piano playing twelve different tunes.

Louis XVI period
H. 62 x W. 18.5 x D. 14 cm

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