A Louis Philippe ebonised and ormolu-mounted striking portico clock with integral swinging pendulum

LE ROY A PARIS. CIRCA 1830

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A Louis Philippe ebonised and ormolu-mounted striking portico clock with integral swinging pendulum
Le Roy a Paris. Circa 1830
With knife-edge suspension to the gridiron pendulum with temperature indication, re-signed on the dial LE ROY A PARIS, the eight day twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell; lacking winding key
21¼ in. (54 cm.) high

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, Pennsylvania, 1999, p.140, fig.12-4.
Tardy, French Clocks, Part II, Paris, 1981, p.372.

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