A Louis XVI table clock, by Michel-François Piolaine (late 18th, early 19th century)

A Louis XVI table clock, by Michel-François Piolaine (late 18th, early 19th century)
Gilt bronze and Griotte marble
Mechanism with calendar, strikes at hours and halves
Enamel dial with arabian numbers, signed "Piolaine à Paris", framed by "L'Etude" group sculpture after Louis-Simon Boizot
France, 18th century
(mechanism in need of maintenance; small losses and defects)
52x70x16 cm