Directoire period mantel clock signed Dubuc l’Aîné à Paris

Fine gilt and patinated bronze mantel clock with matte and burnished finishing.
Depicting Diana the Huntress with her dog returning from the chase.
Large enamel dial signed Dubuc l’Aîné à Paris.
Arabic and Roman numerals, bezel adorned with pearls and palmettes.
Antique-style vases and griffins.
Base decorated with a hunting scene in bas-relief, confronted scrolls, palmettes and laurel.
Sides with crossed lances, oak wreaths and scrapers.
Toupie feet.
Circa 1795.
Height 45 cm, width 32 cm, depth 13 cm.
Movement overhauled, operating instructions included.

Nicolas Pierre François Dubuc, known as Dubuc l’Aîné
The Parisian clockmaker Nicolas-Pierre-François Dubuc, called l’aîné, was active in the capital from the late reign of Louis XVI through the early years of the Empire (see Tardy, Dictionnaire des horlogers français, Paris, 1971, p.193).
Very likely the elder brother of the clockmaker Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Gabriel Dubuc, known as le jeune, he gained great renown among Parisian horological collectors. He successively established his workshop in the rue du Grand-Hurleur, rue du Grenier-Saint-Lazare, and rue Michel-Lecomte.