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A clock of this model, but with patinated bronze figures and variations to the base and its ormolu mounts, is in the Swedish Royal Collections, Stockholm, see H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschl, Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol. I, München, 1987, p. 297, fig. 4.18.4. Other examples can be found in the Élysée Palace, Paris and the Imperial Palace in Pavlovks, St. Petersburg.
Jean Antoine Lepine (1720-1814) was watchmaker to Louis XV, Louis XVI and Napoleon I. He was highly talented and invented several of the refinements in French watchmaking in the second half of the eighteenth century. In 1765, he married Andre Caron's daughter and worked as 'Caron et Lepine' until 1769. In 1783 Lepine left his business to his son-in-law, Claude Pierre Raguet, who continued to sign his clocks 'Lepine' and apparently begun numbering them from 4000. There are several clocks by Lepine in the British Royal collection and as he 'was a favorite clockmaker in George IV's estimation and a number of clocks were bought from him,' see C. Jagger, Royal Clocks, The British Monarchy and its Timekeepers, London, 1983 p.164.
Jean Antoine Lepine (1720-1814) was watchmaker to Louis XV, Louis XVI and Napoleon I. He was highly talented and invented several of the refinements in French watchmaking in the second half of the eighteenth century. In 1765, he married Andre Caron's daughter and worked as 'Caron et Lepine' until 1769. In 1783 Lepine left his business to his son-in-law, Claude Pierre Raguet, who continued to sign his clocks 'Lepine' and apparently begun numbering them from 4000. There are several clocks by Lepine in the British Royal collection and as he 'was a favorite clockmaker in George IV's estimation and a number of clocks were bought from him,' see C. Jagger, Royal Clocks, The British Monarchy and its Timekeepers, London, 1983 p.164.
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Lot 168
Sale 21000
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THE DIAL AND MOVEMENT SIGNED LEPINE, CIRCA 1785
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
Estimate: USD 6,000 - 10,000
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Lot 168
Sale 21000
THE DIAL AND MOVEMENT SIGNED LEPINE, CIRCA 1785
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
Estimate: USD 6,000 - 10,000
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