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BY GOUCHON, PARIS, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A Louis XV ormolu-mounted boulle tortoiseshell bracket timepiece
By Gouchon, Paris, Second quarter 18th Century
The cast ormolu dial with individual white enamel Roman chapters, blued steel hands, signed on an enamel plaque below GOVCHON A PARIS, the single barrel movement with four back-pinned vase-shaped pillars, now with anchor escapement, signed on the back plate Gouchon Paris; adaptations to movement; with pendulum
18¾ in. (47.5 cm.) high
By Gouchon, Paris, Second quarter 18th Century
The cast ormolu dial with individual white enamel Roman chapters, blued steel hands, signed on an enamel plaque below GOVCHON A PARIS, the single barrel movement with four back-pinned vase-shaped pillars, now with anchor escapement, signed on the back plate Gouchon Paris; adaptations to movement; with pendulum
18¾ in. (47.5 cm.) high
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