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A Louis Philippe mahogany portico clock
the case with stepped with gilt-bronze anthemion and laurel wreath mount, on four plain columns with engine-turned capitals and bases, on stepped base with similar mount and bun feet, the gilt-metal dial with foliate-cast bezel, black-painted Roman chapter ring, steel hands, signed in the centre ROBARTS A PARIS, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell, with repeat signature to the backplate, with flowerhead-cast gridiron pendulum -- 19in.(48cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 4)
the case with stepped with gilt-bronze anthemion and laurel wreath mount, on four plain columns with engine-turned capitals and bases, on stepped base with similar mount and bun feet, the gilt-metal dial with foliate-cast bezel, black-painted Roman chapter ring, steel hands, signed in the centre ROBARTS A PARIS, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell, with repeat signature to the backplate, with flowerhead-cast gridiron pendulum -- 19in.(48cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 4)