A FRENCH POLYCHROME AND PARCEL-GILTWOOD WALL CLOCK, in the

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A FRENCH POLYCHROME AND PARCEL-GILTWOOD WALL CLOCK, in the
manner of Pierre-Louis-Arnulphe DUGUERS de MONTROSIER, 19th
century

Decorated to simulate bronze, the drum-shaped case supported amidst tasselled drapery held by the figure of a winged classical maiden with trumpet, the circular white enamel Arabic dial within an engine milled bezel above a glazed pendulum aperture, the later twin going-barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike, the backplate with the impressed stamp of RAINGO FRERES Paris, some damages and restorations
38in. (96.5c) high

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIXe Siècle, Paris 1984. P.173-176.

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