Details
With two-tone gilding, the drum case surmounted by a basket of fruit and flanked by rearing goats, the dial with Roman hours and date band, signed 'De Belle' and 'Dubuisson', supported by winged putti and on a marble pedestal and plinth mounted with cornucopia and floral swags
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high, 13 in. (33 cm.) wide, 518 in. (13 cm.) deep
Jean-Franois Debelle, maître horloger in 1781, recorded at rue Saint-Honoré 1787-1800.
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Lot Essay

Etienne Gobin, known as Dubuisson (d. circa 1822), watch and clock enameller, worked at Chantilly and Sèvres as a flower painter. He is later recorded in the rue de la Huchette in the 1790s before moving to rue de la Calandre around 1812.

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