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BY LEROY & FILS, PARIS, 19TH CENTURY
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A French ormolu mantel clock
By Leroy & Fils, Paris, 19th Century
The white enamal dial with Roman and Arabic numerals signed Leroy & Fils/Palais Royal 114-115, the movement with anchor escapement and a outside countwheel strike on a bell, supported by a sphere surmounted by a bunch of flowers and flanked by a writing and a reading putto seated on an oblong base cast with flowers and foliage, on scrolling foliate feet, on a giltwood base (one foot missing)
52cm. high x 63cm. wide
By Leroy & Fils, Paris, 19th Century
The white enamal dial with Roman and Arabic numerals signed Leroy & Fils/Palais Royal 114-115, the movement with anchor escapement and a outside countwheel strike on a bell, supported by a sphere surmounted by a bunch of flowers and flanked by a writing and a reading putto seated on an oblong base cast with flowers and foliage, on scrolling foliate feet, on a giltwood base (one foot missing)
52cm. high x 63cm. wide