Clock

Clockmaker: Jean Martin

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Holding a scepter and wearing a cloak embellished with with fleur-de-lis, the seated female figure of the marble and gilt-bronze clock symbolizes France. In her left hand she supports an oval bas-relief of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France. The backplate of the movement is signed by Martin, for Jean Martin a clockmaker who was active in Paris from 1737 and became a master in 1746.

Clock, Clockmaker: Jean Martin (active 1737–81, died 1786), Case: Carrara marble, gilt-bronze mounts; Movement: brass, steel, French, Paris

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Clock, Clockmaker: Jean Martin (active 1737–81, died 1786), Case: Carrara marble, gilt-bronze mounts; Movement: brass, steel, French, Paris
Clock, Clockmaker: Jean Martin (active 1737–81, died 1786), Case: Carrara marble, gilt-bronze mounts; Movement: brass, steel, French, Paris

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