Lot Essay
A clock of related design is illustrated in Pierre Kjellberg La Pendule Francaise, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris 1997, p.472, fig.C.
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Details
A French large gilt-bronze striking mantel clock, circa 1890
The substantial case with floral swag draped shield cresting to its arched top, with projecting scroll angles to an integral plinth, with central swag-hung ringed mask mount, the white enamel Roman dial with Arabic five minutes and rubbed retail signature L. MARCHAND (?) RUE C.D. CHANTIER NO, with pierced gilt-metal hands, the twin barrel movement with strike on bell -- 29½in. (75cm.) high
The substantial case with floral swag draped shield cresting to its arched top, with projecting scroll angles to an integral plinth, with central swag-hung ringed mask mount, the white enamel Roman dial with Arabic five minutes and rubbed retail signature L. MARCHAND (?) RUE C.D. CHANTIER NO, with pierced gilt-metal hands, the twin barrel movement with strike on bell -- 29½in. (75cm.) high
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