Beschreibung:

A LOUIS XV GILT BRONZE MOUNTED MEISSEN AND CHINESE PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK, THE ELEPHANT PROBABLY MODELLED BY PETER REINICKE THE MOVEMENT BY JACQUES PANIER, MID-18TH CENTURY, THE GILT BRONZE BASE 19TH CENTURY AFTER JEAN-JOSEPH DE SAINT-GERMAIN the dial signed JACQUES PANIER A PARIS; the movement signed Jacques Panier Paris; anchor escapement with silk suspension and numbered count wheel, later bell; the porcelain with crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue; the tusks resin replacementsJacques-Charles Panier (d. after 1790), maître horloger in 1743height 26 in.; width 19 1/2 in.; depth 9 in.66 cm; 49.5 cm; 23 cmCondition ReportThe porcelain; overall in good appearance and generally good condition.. In detail: the porcelain flowers all loose, some with typical minor scattered chips to edges of petals. Some probably replacements. The blue flower at nine o'clock with two restored small petals. The white and puce flower above, broken and repaired. The blue and white flower at 2 o'clock with some probable restoration. The elephant with traces of spray to the central part of its body to the front, on either side of the bronze brace, which extends partially to the upper part of the proper right front leg. There appears to be no restoration to the reverse of the model. It is difficult to determine extent of any damage present but would appear to be minor. To the head there are traces of restoration to the underside of its mouth. The proper right tusk a later resin replacement, with an old repaired break. The proper left tusk in good condition. There are traces of restoration to trunk, but it appears to be intact. The gilt bronze; with some minor surface scratches, casting flaws, and rubbing, as to be expected. "