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VIGER LE JEUNES, PARIS. CIRCA 1770
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS BOULLE INLAID TORTOISESHELL STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
VIGER LE JEUNES, PARIS. CIRCA 1770
CASE: the wasted and glazed case inlaid overall with foliate scrolls and surmounted by figure of Mercury, mounted to the front with a reclining female figure, the interior inlaid with a trompe l'oeil floor, on scroll feet, conforming inlay to tapering bracket with female mask mounts to the angles DIAL: ormolu dial with applied individual enamel chapters, the enamel centre signed 'VIGER LE JEUNES/A PARIS', blued steel hands MOVEMENT: with five ringed pillars, twin going barrels, verge escapement and calibrated countwheel strike on bell, repeat signature to back plate; pendulum, winding key
50 in. (127 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) wide; 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) deep
VIGER LE JEUNES, PARIS. CIRCA 1770
CASE: the wasted and glazed case inlaid overall with foliate scrolls and surmounted by figure of Mercury, mounted to the front with a reclining female figure, the interior inlaid with a trompe l'oeil floor, on scroll feet, conforming inlay to tapering bracket with female mask mounts to the angles DIAL: ormolu dial with applied individual enamel chapters, the enamel centre signed 'VIGER LE JEUNES/A PARIS', blued steel hands MOVEMENT: with five ringed pillars, twin going barrels, verge escapement and calibrated countwheel strike on bell, repeat signature to back plate; pendulum, winding key
50 in. (127 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) wide; 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) deep
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