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BY BALTHAZARD, PARIS
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A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted tortoiseshell and brass-inlaid striking bracket clock
By Balthazard, Paris
In the Regence style, inlaid overall with floral trails and foliage, the case of typical form, the bell top surmounted by an angel, the glazed door mounted with a maiden and a stork, the angles mounted with female masks, on scroll feet, the circular dial with a white-enamelled centre signed BALTHAZARD/A PARIS with individual Roman cartouches and individual kidney-shaped Arabic cartouches, the movement with twin-going barrels and Brocot suspended pendulum, anchor escapement and outside countwheel strike on a gong, with a conforming wall bracket en suite, the angles mounted with maiden masks
150cm. high overall
By Balthazard, Paris
In the Regence style, inlaid overall with floral trails and foliage, the case of typical form, the bell top surmounted by an angel, the glazed door mounted with a maiden and a stork, the angles mounted with female masks, on scroll feet, the circular dial with a white-enamelled centre signed BALTHAZARD/A PARIS with individual Roman cartouches and individual kidney-shaped Arabic cartouches, the movement with twin-going barrels and Brocot suspended pendulum, anchor escapement and outside countwheel strike on a gong, with a conforming wall bracket en suite, the angles mounted with maiden masks
150cm. high overall
Special notice
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