Rouviere a Paris, a white marble and ormolu portico clock having an eight-day duration movement with a silk suspension and striking on a bell with an outside countwheel, the `sun-king` pendulum sitting between the columns, the round convex white enamel dial having black Arabic numerals, maker`s signature `Rouviere a Paris` and decorative gilt-metal hands, the white marble case with shaped columns and ormolu lions-claw feet either side of a black plinth, all standing on a shaped and stepped base, the top surmounted by a further black marble plinth on which sits a white marble and ormolu vase of flowers, the case decorated with further ormolu mounts, height 49cm. * Jean-Louis Rouviere is recorded as working in Paris from before his marriage in 1781 firstly at Rue de Rohan before moving to Rue de Petit Lion St Sauveur in 1789. In 1812 he was succeeded by the clockmaker Bergmiller.
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S. Wartenburg, Paris, a French black marble `equation of time` and perpetual calendar mantel clock having an eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, the white enamel two-piece dial with a visible escapement and jewelled pallets, black Roman numerals, blued steel `moon` hands and signed `S. Wartenburg, Paris`, with a thermometer set below between two further dials, one being a barometer with a white enamel dial and blue `starburst` decoration, the other a perpetual calendar dial, the centre showing phases of the moon with further subsidiary dials showing the date and day, the outer dial showing the month with the inner ring have Arabic numerals showing the `equation of time` being the difference between the solar and mean time, contained in a shaped black marble case with inset malachite panels and gilded engraved decoration, complete with two black marble and bronze side urns with inset malachite panels, height 45 cm.
Le Nepveu, Paris, a mid-Victorian French marble and gilt brass mounted clock garniture having an eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, the white enamel dial with blue Roman hour numerals and black Arabic outer five-minute numerals, with engraved & pierced gilt-brass hands and signed `Le Nepveu a Paris`, the case of architectural pagoda form, surmounted by a gilded urn and applied frieze decoration, within four gilt-brass columns and shaped plinth base, all standing on gilt-brass feet, height 40cm, together with a pair of matching vases with gilt metal floral spray decoration, ram’s head caryatid supports, standing on circular shaped bases, height 33cm. * Nicolas Antoine Le Nepveu is recorded as working in Paris from 1773 until at least 1889 with his son of the same name continuing the business from before 1812.
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