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A Charles X ebonised wood and ormolu-mounted striking portico mantel clock, circa 1830
The case with stepped top supported by four columns with engine-turned capitals, with conforming base and raised on bun feet, with acanthus cast bezel to a silvered Roman chapter ring, foliate cast centre and blued steel spade hands, the twin barrel movement with half dead beat escapement and countwheel strike on bell, signed on the backplate Foissey Sauvage, the gridiron pendulum with foliate cast bob -- 19¼in. (49cm.) high
The case with stepped top supported by four columns with engine-turned capitals, with conforming base and raised on bun feet, with acanthus cast bezel to a silvered Roman chapter ring, foliate cast centre and blued steel spade hands, the twin barrel movement with half dead beat escapement and countwheel strike on bell, signed on the backplate Foissey Sauvage, the gridiron pendulum with foliate cast bob -- 19¼in. (49cm.) high
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