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BY ANTOINE FRIZON, PARIS, FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOULLE TORTOISESHELL STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK ON WALL BRACKET
BY ANTOINE FRIZON, PARIS, FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The case with domed possibly later top wrapped with a gadrooned mount, flanked and surmounted by flambeau urn finials, with glazed side panels, female mask to the front below a cast ormolu dial applied with white enamel Roman cartouche chapters, blued steel hands, signed on an enamel plaque below FRIZON A PARIS, the movement with rectangular plates joined by five back-pinned vase-shaped pillars, now with anchor escapement, calibrated countwheel strike on bell, repeat signature to back plate; on scroll-supported bracket; restorations; pendulum, key
35 in. (89 cm.) high, overall (2)
BY ANTOINE FRIZON, PARIS, FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The case with domed possibly later top wrapped with a gadrooned mount, flanked and surmounted by flambeau urn finials, with glazed side panels, female mask to the front below a cast ormolu dial applied with white enamel Roman cartouche chapters, blued steel hands, signed on an enamel plaque below FRIZON A PARIS, the movement with rectangular plates joined by five back-pinned vase-shaped pillars, now with anchor escapement, calibrated countwheel strike on bell, repeat signature to back plate; on scroll-supported bracket; restorations; pendulum, key
35 in. (89 cm.) high, overall (2)
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