Description

Beautiful clock in the Louis XVI style by Cronier, second half of the 18th century. Antoine Cronier, or Crosnier, (13 January 1732 - after 1806) was a famous clockmaker of the 18th century active in Paris, France. Cronier began his carrier as an apprentice under Nicolas Pierre Thuillier in 1745 and by 1753 began working independantly, with his workshop opening by 1759 at rue Saint-Honoré, 140. In 1763, he received the title of a master clockmaker. His clocks were mounted with bronzes by Robert, Jean-Baptiste Osmond, Edmé Roy, René François Morlay, Nicolas Bonnet, and François Vion, and with cases by cabinetmakers Jean-Pierre Latz, Balthazar Lieutaud, and François Goyer. He also worked with gilder Honoré Noël and tapissier Nicolas Leclerc. Today his clocks are present in museum collections including the Musée Nissim de Camondo, the Royal Collection of the United Kingdom, Waddesdon Manor, Harewood House, the Residenzmuseum in Munich, the Neue Residenz Bamberg, the Royal Palace of Turin, the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, the Nationalmuseet in Stockholm, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Huntington Library and the Pavlovsk Palace. Dimensions 31x17 cm, height 29 cm Back cover is missing, revised by a clockmaker in 2019 but sold with no guarantee due to age.