Large Pendulum

Large clock "Love conquers time" Louis XVI circa 1780 Designated on the dial: Leblond A PARIS H. 47 cm, Br. 31 cm Pierre-Jean Leblond the younger, mentioned rue St. Honoré 1773-1806; Jean-Nicolas Leblond, mentioned rue St. Louis 1773-An VII (1798) This clock, emblem of "Love conquers time", is inspired by a project kept at the Library of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux- Arts, Paris. A comparable copy, stamped by the Master founder-gilder Michel Poisson, sold at Christie's, London, June 11, 1998, lot 31. An identical copy, also with a white marble case, is shown, P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la pendule French, Paris, 1997, p. 176, ill. B. Cf. the identical clock: Sothebys, New York, November 6, 2008, lot 132, USD 12,500 Inv. 3,201 6,850 €