Table regulator with equation of time and remontoire, Paris, Louis XVI period, dated 1778
Joseph Coteau (1740-1801; maître in 1778) and Robert Robin (1741-1799)
Bronze, cast, chased and fire-gilt; glass; enamel; brass; steel
H. 52 cm (20.47 in.), w. 35.5 cm (13.98 in.), d. 21 cm (8.27 in.)
For comparison:
New York, The Frick Collection, inv. no. 1999.5.151
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