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MOVEMENT NUMBERED 1483 811, MUSICAL MOVEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO LANGDORFF AND NUMBERED *1303*2*. CIRCA 1840
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A Louis Philippe ormolu and inlaid rosewood musical automaton striking table clock
Movement numbered 1483 811, musical movement attributed to Langdorff and numbered *1303*2*. Circa 1840
The engine-turned silvered dial with painted Roman chapters and blued steel hands, twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on a bell, the foliate cast case in the Chinoiserie taste with maroon velvet covered top with two ormolu Chinese figures flanking a gold tassled velvet covered table supporting an ormolu pagoda with automaton mirrored compartments with amusing painted card depiction of buildings in Paris, each labelled; The Hotel de Ville Notre Dame Pantheon Jardin Turc Parc de l'etoile Invalides, with trip linkage to the musical movement in the rosewood base inlaid with boxwood foliate marquetry, the cylinder musical movement No. 1303 with plain brass bed plate and 16.3cm. long pin barrel and with push pieces to the right side of the base and brass plaque engraved Joué & Repetez; with glass dome (damaged)
29½in. (75cm.) high over dome
Movement numbered 1483 811, musical movement attributed to Langdorff and numbered *1303*2*. Circa 1840
The engine-turned silvered dial with painted Roman chapters and blued steel hands, twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on a bell, the foliate cast case in the Chinoiserie taste with maroon velvet covered top with two ormolu Chinese figures flanking a gold tassled velvet covered table supporting an ormolu pagoda with automaton mirrored compartments with amusing painted card depiction of buildings in Paris, each labelled; The Hotel de Ville Notre Dame Pantheon Jardin Turc Parc de l'etoile Invalides, with trip linkage to the musical movement in the rosewood base inlaid with boxwood foliate marquetry, the cylinder musical movement No. 1303 with plain brass bed plate and 16.3cm. long pin barrel and with push pieces to the right side of the base and brass plaque engraved Joué & Repetez; with glass dome (damaged)
29½in. (75cm.) high over dome
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