Lot 274
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE-MOUNTED BLACK AND WHITE MARBLE STRIKING PORTICO MANTEL CLOCK
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE-MOUNTED BLACK AND WHITE MARBLE STRIKING PORTICO MANTEL CLOCK

FOLIN L'AINÉ, PARIS, CIRCA 1790

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE-MOUNTED BLACK AND WHITE MARBLE STRIKING PORTICO MANTEL CLOCK
FOLIN L'AINÉ, PARIS, CIRCA 1790
The white enamel dial with floral swags and blue and gilt bead border, Arabic hours and quarters, concentric date hand, signed Folin L'ainé A Paris, the twin barrel movement with Brocot suspension and count wheel strike to bell, with sunburst and mask pendulum; winding key
29¼ (71.6 cm.) high; 18½ in. (47 cm.) wide; 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) deep

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
A comparable clock is illustrated in E. Dumonthier, Les Bronzes du Mobilier National - Pendules et cartels, Paris, Pl. 19, no. 4

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