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A Louis Philippe ormolu mantel clock
The circular white enamelled dial with Roman chapters, signed Rollet Fh./Boul.d. St. Denis 15, the twin-going barrel movement with silk-suspended pendulum and countwheel strike on a bell, within a shaped rectangular case surmounted by a jewel box and flanked by a maiden, the waisted rectangular case centred by a putto with musical and astronomical trophies, the edges mounted with C-scrolls, the foliate-edged apron with scrolling feet, regilt and restorations
48cm. high x 35cm. wide x 14cm. deep
The circular white enamelled dial with Roman chapters, signed Rollet Fh./Boul.d. St. Denis 15, the twin-going barrel movement with silk-suspended pendulum and countwheel strike on a bell, within a shaped rectangular case surmounted by a jewel box and flanked by a maiden, the waisted rectangular case centred by a putto with musical and astronomical trophies, the edges mounted with C-scrolls, the foliate-edged apron with scrolling feet, regilt and restorations
48cm. high x 35cm. wide x 14cm. deep