PORTICAL HANGER, SIGNED THONISSEN, IN PARIS, EARLY... Lot 139

PORTICAL HANGER, SIGNED THONISSEN, IN PARIS, EARLY 19th CENTURY in Griotte red marble and gilt bronze. It features four columns, slightly swollen at the bottom, holding a circular guilloche dial with ring. It is enamelled white with baton hour-markers and Roman numerals for the hours and quarters. It stands on a stepped base and is topped by a stepped pediment. A Thonissen Paris signed clock, early 19th century HEIGHT. 47.50 - LARG. 27 - PROF. 14.50 CM - H. 18.7 - W. 10,6 - D. 5,7 IN. Thonissen was a Parisian watchmaker established on rue Mandar between 1806 and 1820, and on rue Comtesse d'Artois from 1830. His collaborations with great bronzemakers such as André-Antoine Ravrio gave rise to refined clocks.