Jacques Le MAIRE (active 1720-1740) Precision sundial In green patinated and engraved bronze, the tables resting on four adjustable feet Signed Le Maire au génie - De la Société des arts, A Paris Table of latitudes of different cities From the "Au Génie" workshop, Quai de l'Horloge, Paris, active between 1731 and 1740 First half of the 18th century 24.5 x 16 cm (minor oxidation) Related work : A sundial signed Jacques Le Maire au Génie, circa 1730-1740, is in the Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris. A member of the Société des Arts, Jacques Le Maire was closely associated with the watchmaker Julien Le Roy, the inventor of this type of precision sundial, of which Le Maire made several examples.