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Cara marble, gilt bronze. Clockmaker Jean Léonard Roque, the imperial clockmaker to Louis XV and XVI, was known for his sophisticated clocks intended for the homes of the period’s elite. His clocks can be found in important collections around the world, including the Rothschild family collection, the Louvre, the National Technical Museum in Paris, the Hermitage, and the Swedish Royal Collections. This exceptional ring dial clock has weekly movement, chime on the half hour on a bell, anchor escapement, thread suspension pendulum. The columns and the entire clock is decorated with motifs of gilt bronze festoons on white marble.