Louis XVI Vaisselier Horloge

Buffet a deux, oak, relief carved with floral elements, door and lights outlined with ball and line relief detail, upper section centered with a clock cabinet. The timepiece, of pressed metal, with the face inscribed and dated 1792, appears to be pewter over brass, 30 hour weight driven movement. With pendulum and weights.

97 x 73 x 18 in.

Private Collection, Eastern NC

Decorative brass escutcheons and likely original brass hinges. marked ÒMAPIINUS BRE?ELS 1782Ó

Clock works, seat board and chains of later date; cabinet with later electrification and some restorations / replacements.

$4,000 - 8,000