Louis XVI Period Clock Signed Antoine Cronier

A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze clock by Cronier, second half of the 18th century.Antoine Cronier, or Crosnier (1732-1806) was a famous 18th century clockmaker active in Paris, France.Cronier began his career as an apprentice under Nicolas Pierre Thuillier in 1745 and by 1753 he had begun working independently, with his workshop opening in 1759 at 140 rue Saint Honoré.In 1763 he was awarded the title of Maître Horloger. His clocks were mounted with bronzes by Robert, Jean-Baptiste Osmond, Edmé Roy, René François Morlay, Nicolas Bonnet and François Vion, and with cases by the cabinetmakers Jean Pierre Latz, Balthazar Lieutaud and François Goyer. He also worked with the gilder Honoré Noël and the upholsterer Nicolas Leclerc. Today his clocks are present in museum collections, including the Musée Nissim de Camondo, the Royal Collection of the United Kingdom, Waddesdon Manor, Harewood House, the Residenzmuseum in Munich, the Neue Residenz in Bamberg, the Royal Palace of Turin, the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, the Nationalmuseet in Stockholm, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Huntington Library and the Pavlovsk Palace.