The National Watch and Clock Museum
The Eighteenth Century Gallery

Shelf Clock, c1780
Jean André Lepaute
Paris, France

The dial and movement of this gilded bronze shelf clock were both originally signed by Lepaute (1720-1787/89) with the inscription "Horloger du Roi" or clockmaker to the king. During the French Revolution, this inscription was removed from the dial. 

Donated by New York University
83.82.9

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