Directoire Period Clock - Diana The Huntress

Beautiful mercury-gilt bronze clock with a matte and shiny patina. Diana and her dog returning from hunting. Large enameled dial signed Dubuc l'Ainé in Paris. Arabic and Roman numerals, bezel with pearls and palmettes. Antique vases and griffins. Base with a hunting scene in bas-relief, facing whorls, palmettes and laurel. Sides with crossed spears, oak wreaths and scrapers. Loaf feet. Circa 1795. Height 45 cm, width 32 cm, depth 13 cm. Revised mechanism, instructions for use. Nicolas Pierre François Dubuc known as Dubuc AînéThe Parisian clockmaker Nicolas-Pierre-François Dubuc, known as the elder, was active in the capital from the end of the reign of Louis XVI to the early years of the Empire (see Tardy, Dictionnaire des horlogers français, Paris, 1971, p.193). Most likely the elder brother of the clockmaker Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Gabriel Dubuc, known as the younger, he achieved great renown among the great Parisian clock collectors and set up his workshop successively on rue du Grand-Hurleur, rue du Grenier-Saint-Lazare and rue Michel-Lecomte. Delivery possible.https://www.antiquites-saintjean.fr