French Louis XVI cartel, by the watchmaker "Cronier à Paris"

This large cartel called "applied" has a rich ornamentation of gilded and chiseled bronzes, characteristic of the Louis XVI style: garlands of foliage, head of a woman crowned with flowers, urns, draperies, pine cones ...
The enamelled dial is signed by the Parisian clockmaker Antoine Cronier, received Master in 1763.
This beautiful cartel sounds the hours and half hours.


Parisian work
Gilded bronze with matt and shiny patinas
Antoine Cronier, received Master in 1763
Original wire movement
Cartel in working order and fully revised
18th century