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Jean-Baptiste Fournier recorded in Paris 1746-51
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK
MID-18TH CENTURY
The circular enamel dial with roman and arabic chapters signed Fournier à Paris, the backplate also signed, the movement with shaped plates with silk-suspended pendulum with verge escapement, countwheel and strike on bell, within scrolling foliage and flowerheads above later twinned doves within a scroll and foliate-cast base
27½in. (70cm.) high, 16in. (40.5cm.) wide
MID-18TH CENTURY
The circular enamel dial with roman and arabic chapters signed Fournier à Paris, the backplate also signed, the movement with shaped plates with silk-suspended pendulum with verge escapement, countwheel and strike on bell, within scrolling foliage and flowerheads above later twinned doves within a scroll and foliate-cast base
27½in. (70cm.) high, 16in. (40.5cm.) wide