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Joseph-Charles-Paul Bertrand was active from circa 1761 and was a clock maker of the Academie Royale des Sciences in Paris.
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
The cicular enamelled dial, with both Roman and Arabic chapters signed 'CH.les Bertrand/A PARIS', the movement with later escapment, the rope-twist bezel mounted on a drum within a berried ribbon-tied laurel-wreath, supported by a spreading part-fluted socle and flanked by a putto holding a cornucopia on the left and a putto holding an anchor on the right, on a eared moulded spreading base and an ebonised plinth mounted with scrolling acanthus, on engine-turned bell-shaped feet, one ormolu plaque of the plinth missing
13 in. (33 cm.) wide; 15 in. (38 cm.) high; 5 in. (12.5 cm.) deep
The cicular enamelled dial, with both Roman and Arabic chapters signed 'CH.les Bertrand/A PARIS', the movement with later escapment, the rope-twist bezel mounted on a drum within a berried ribbon-tied laurel-wreath, supported by a spreading part-fluted socle and flanked by a putto holding a cornucopia on the left and a putto holding an anchor on the right, on a eared moulded spreading base and an ebonised plinth mounted with scrolling acanthus, on engine-turned bell-shaped feet, one ormolu plaque of the plinth missing
13 in. (33 cm.) wide; 15 in. (38 cm.) high; 5 in. (12.5 cm.) deep