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A Louis XVI ormolu white-marble mantel clock
The circular white-enamelled Arabic dial signed André Hessen/a Paris within a drum case containing the later movement with silk-suspended pendulum and outside countwheel strike on a bell, flanked by shaped cloud bands and cherubs, above a shaped panelled base mounted with ormolu reliefs depicting various cherubs amongst the clouds, on bun feet, restorations
36cm. high x 27cm. wide x 11.5cm. deep
The circular white-enamelled Arabic dial signed André Hessen/a Paris within a drum case containing the later movement with silk-suspended pendulum and outside countwheel strike on a bell, flanked by shaped cloud bands and cherubs, above a shaped panelled base mounted with ormolu reliefs depicting various cherubs amongst the clouds, on bun feet, restorations
36cm. high x 27cm. wide x 11.5cm. deep
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20.825% of the hammer price for lots with values up to NLG 200,000. If the hammer price exceeds the NLG 200,000 then the premium is calculated at 20.825% of the first NLG 200,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of NLG 200,000.