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A SWISS JAPANNED AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRACKET CLOCK WITH NEUCHÂTEL STRIKE, ON WALL BRACKET

RETAILED BY LE ROY, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A SWISS JAPANNED AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRACKET CLOCK WITH NEUCHÂTEL STRIKE, ON WALL BRACKET
RETAILED BY LE ROY, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The rear of the case stamped DFDB, the dial with dished centre signed Le Roy/A PARIS, pierced and chased ormolu hands, the eight day twin barrel movement with verge escapement and silk suspension, strikework positioned on the back plate, striking the hours of the hour on one bell and on the half hour on another, the back plate also stamped DFDB and K1676; pendulum, key
102.5 cm. high over bracket

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Lot Essay

The movement stamped DFDB for David-Frédéric Dubois. Dubois is recorded in Reu Maître in Paris in 1780. A clock with a related movement stamped DFDB was sold Christie's, Mobilier et Objets d'Art, sale 1022, Monaco, 21 June 1998, lot 583.

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