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A LOUIS PHILIPPE ORMOLU MUSICAL AUTOMATON STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
the silvered engine-turned Roman dial with blued moon hands, twin going barrel movement with anchor escapement with silk suspended pendulum, countwheel strike on bell on backplate, the foliate cast case in the chinoiserie taste with velvet-lined top surmounted by two ormolu Chinese figures flanking a gold tasselled table with central pagoda with automaton mirrored panels set with models each labelled below; The Hotel de Ville; Notre-Dame; Pantheon; Jardin-Turc; Parc de L'etoile; Invalides, trip linkage to the pin barrel musical movement housed in a rosewood and floral boxwood-inlaid oval base; glass dome
29½in. (75cm.) high, over dome
the silvered engine-turned Roman dial with blued moon hands, twin going barrel movement with anchor escapement with silk suspended pendulum, countwheel strike on bell on backplate, the foliate cast case in the chinoiserie taste with velvet-lined top surmounted by two ormolu Chinese figures flanking a gold tasselled table with central pagoda with automaton mirrored panels set with models each labelled below; The Hotel de Ville; Notre-Dame; Pantheon; Jardin-Turc; Parc de L'etoile; Invalides, trip linkage to the pin barrel musical movement housed in a rosewood and floral boxwood-inlaid oval base; glass dome
29½in. (75cm.) high, over dome