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This same model is illustrated in Pierre Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Français du Moyen Age au XXe Siècle, Paris, 1997, p. 343, pl. A.
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CIRCA 1810, THE DIAL SIGNED SACRE À PARIS,
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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK,
circa 1810, the dial signed Sacre à Paris,
in the form of a blackamoor leaning on a cargo bail, with canted base with putti frieze on barrel-form feet
15in. (38.5cm.) high
circa 1810, the dial signed Sacre à Paris,
in the form of a blackamoor leaning on a cargo bail, with canted base with putti frieze on barrel-form feet
15in. (38.5cm.) high