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BY GROS, PARIS, THE MOVEMENT BY LANY, PARIS, CIRCA 1860
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED RED-STAINED TORTOISESHELL BRACKET CLOCK
BY GROS, PARIS, THE MOVEMENT BY LANY, PARIS, CIRCA 1860
The case of waisted form surmounted by a finial representing the attributes of war behind oak and laurel branches above a circular dial with enamel plaques painted with Roman numerals for the hours and with engraved Arabic numerals for the minutes, on four scroll feet above a tapering bracket with lion masks to the front corners over an acanthus-clad base and boss, stamped several times to the reverse 'GROS/ PARIS', the twin-barrel movement with strike on bell and signed 'Lany A Paris' and 'LAGARDE/A PARIS/ 22 -- 2/ 755'
The clock: 34 ½ in. (87.5 cm.) high
The bracket: 18 in. (46 cm.) high
BY GROS, PARIS, THE MOVEMENT BY LANY, PARIS, CIRCA 1860
The case of waisted form surmounted by a finial representing the attributes of war behind oak and laurel branches above a circular dial with enamel plaques painted with Roman numerals for the hours and with engraved Arabic numerals for the minutes, on four scroll feet above a tapering bracket with lion masks to the front corners over an acanthus-clad base and boss, stamped several times to the reverse 'GROS/ PARIS', the twin-barrel movement with strike on bell and signed 'Lany A Paris' and 'LAGARDE/A PARIS/ 22 -- 2/ 755'
The clock: 34 ½ in. (87.5 cm.) high
The bracket: 18 in. (46 cm.) high
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