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French Ormolu, Gray and White Marble Temple d'Amour Clock, L'Echopié à Paris. circa 1795

An impressive Louis XVI French ormolu, gray and white marble temple d'amour clock by the well respected maker Adam L'Eschopié. The cylindrical case has a white marble base, a matching mid-section supported by four gray marble columns and a round white marble lid. The ormolu mounts include stylized Doric capitals, four female caryatids, shaped feet, a detailed balustrade, decorative finials, beading and draped chains.

The exposed eight-day time and strike movement is horizontally mounted, wound and set through the top, supported by three posts on a circular star shaped plate that is signed by the maker, 'L'Eschopié à Paris', has finely executed wheelwork, an extremely delicate gridiron pendulum that is suspended from the original silk-thread suspension, has a tic-tac crownwheel escapement and strikes on a bell.

The two rotating annular dials, minutes and hours, have individual plaques pinned to the circular brass frames. The hour ring has black Roman numerals while the minute has black Arabic numbers for the five-minute marks and red dots for the minutes. The '60' plaque has the makers name, 'LECHOPIE' and the '30' plaque has 'A PARIS'.

Temple d'Amour clocks are thought to be inspired by the popular monuments that were found in most 18th century gardens and are a subset of clocks commonly referred to as either 'Annular' or 'Pendule á Cercles Tournants'. This is the second largest example weve had the pleasure to offer for sale.

Ref: Adam L'Echopié is listed as becoming a master in 1758 and working at Rue Neuve des Petits Champs from 1772-1830.

Height - 20 inches.

Sundial Farm Antique Clocks Ltd.

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