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A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE SKELETON MANTEL CLOCK
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A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE SKELETON MANTEL CLOCK

LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE SKELETON MANTEL CLOCK
LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The white enamelled circular pierced dial with Roman and Arabic numerals on concentric minute, hour and calendar ring and eight day twin barrel movement with pinwheel escapement and strike on bell, within a lyre-shaped open frame with beaded border and surmounted by a ribbon-cast finial, the knife-edge suspended sun-burst pendulum cast with a mask of Apollo, on round supports and adjustable base, above a later stepped rectangular plinth with beaded edge and toupie feet, wtih a rectangular glazed cover
17¾ in. (45 cm.) high; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) wide; 7 in. (18 cm.) deep
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

An almost identical clock, signed by Furet, is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française, Paris, 1997, p.320 fig. B, while another one is illustrated in E. Niehüser, French Bronze Clocks, Atglen, 1999, p.257 ref. 1223.

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