A LOUIS XV ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
The circular white enamel Roman dial with Arabic five minutes (restoration to winding hole), brass hands, the single barrel movement with converted verge escapement, with pull wind quarter repeat on two nested bells, the case with pierced scrolling foliate asymmetrical surround and with Commedia dell'Arte figures and pierced foliate sound panels, previously further mounted
19 in. (47 cm.) high

Lot Essay

A mantel clock of the same unusual model with a movement by Guillemin is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, La Pendule Franaise, Paris, 1997, p. 117, fig. E, while another is illustrated in E. Niehser, Die Franzsische Bronzeuhr, Munich, 1997, p. 197, fig. 11.

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