Transitional portico clock Louis XV I - Empire. France, late 18th century-early 19th century.

LENOIR-RAVRIO (Active in Paris 1783-1846).
Transitional portico clock Louis XVI-Imperium. France, late 18th-early 19th century.
Gilt bronze and glass partition.
Signed by Lenoir-Ravrio ("L.Ravrio à Paris").
Needs machinery overhaul and revision. Normal wear and tear.
The key is preserved.
Provenance: Antiquités Chatelard, Paris.
Attached a photocopy of the provenance from 1994.
Measurements: 37 x 21 x 12.5 cm; 39 x 23 x 14 cm (screen).
Portico clock, Louis XVI-Imperial transition, made in France in the late eighteenth century, early nineteenth century. It is made of mercury bronze, with side columns and upper pediment. Porcelain dial with black Roman numerals and black hands. An anthropomorphic representation evoking Apollo decorates the columns. Glass partition with custom-made gilded wooden base.
Lenoir-Ravrio (1783-1846) was the adopted son of André-Antoine Ravrio (1759-1814), who was one of the greatest French bronze craftsmen of the pre- and post-Revolutionary period. Lenoir-Ravrio worked with his father for several years; he became his partner in 1811 and continued the business upon his father's death, gaining a reputation for work supplied to the Garde-Meuble, which awarded him a silver medal.