"Directoire Period Clock Signed Cronier Ainé Rue St Honoré In Paris"
Cronier Ainé, Rue St Honoré n 165, in ParisGilt bronze portico clock on molded veined marble baseGuilloché decoration, chimeras, palmettes, flower baskets, the uprights in cross-shaped balusters, cassolette, ...Directoire style and from the late 18th or early 19th centuryExcellent condition, the revised movement worksheight 42 cm, width 25 cmCronier ainé established rue St Honoré in Paris is a listed clockmaker, probably son of Antoine Cronier, famous Parisian clockmaker also established rue St Honoré (see Tardy, Dictionnaire des horlogers français, Paris, 1971, p.148).