A Louis XV elephant clock by Baillon

A Louis XV gilt and patinated bronze elephant clock,
the dial signed Jean Baptiste Baillon,
the movement signed J B Baillon à Paris N° 1473 – circa 1740-1744

**Jean-Baptiste Baillon, maître in 1727**

Height: 42 cm. (16 ¾ in.) Width: 34 cm. (13 ½ in.) Depth: 19 cm. (7 ½ in.)

The gallery’s archives record Baillon’s earliest numbered elephant clock movement as N° 1119 and the latest as N° 3666. Bearing N° 1473, this is an early example, pre-dating those marked with the crowned ‘C’ poinçon from 1745-1749.

Comparative Literature

An identical clock signed J. Baptiste Baillon in the Spanish Royal Collections is reproduced in J. Ramón Colón de Carvajal, Catálogo de Relojes del Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, Editorial du Patrimonio Nacional, 1987, p. 23, no. 4.

A Louis XV elephant clock by Baillon

A Louis XV gilt and patinated bronze elephant clock, the dial signed Jean Baptiste Baillon, the movement signed J B Baillon à Paris N° 1473 – circa 1740-1744

Jean-Baptiste Baillon, maître in 1727

Height: 42 cm. (16 ¾ in.) Width: 34 cm. (13 ½ in.) Depth: 19 cm. (7 ½ in.)

A Louis XV gilt and patinated bronze elephant clock,
the dial signed Jean Baptiste Baillon,
the movement signed J B Baillon à Paris N° 1473 – circa 1740-1744

**Jean-Baptiste Baillon, maître in 1727**