Mantel clock (horloge de cheminée) ca. 1745 Case by Jean-Joseph de Saint Germain The asymmetrical scrolling base and the use of exotic figures places this clock in the realm of the chinoiserie, extremely fashionable in mid-eighteenth-century France. Jean Joseph de Saint-Germain, one of the most admired bronziers at the time, created and signed a number of gilt-bronze clock cases of this model but with variations. A member of the successful Le Roy dynasty of horlogiers, Charles Le Roy made a number of movements for cases by Saint Mantel clock (horloge de cheminée). French. ca. 1745. G
Mantel clock (horloge de cheminée) ca. 1745 Case by Jean-Joseph de Saint Germain The asymmetrical scrolling base and the use of exotic figures places this clock in the realm of the chinoiserie, extremely fashionable in mid-eighteenth-century France. Jean Joseph de Saint-Germain, one of the most admired bronziers at the time, created and signed a number of gilt-bronze clock cases of this model but with variations. A member of the successful Le Roy dynasty of horlogiers, Charles Le Roy made a number of movements for cases by Saint Mantel clock (horloge de cheminée). French. ca. 1745. Gilded and chased bronze; white enamel. Horology
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