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    Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit

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    11 June 2013

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    • A CHARLES X ORMOLU STRIKING PO
    Lot 442

    A CHARLES X ORMOLU STRIKING PORTICO MANTEL CLOCK OF LARGE SIZE

    PARIS, CIRCA 1830

    Price realised

    GBP 3,500

    Estimate

    GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

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    A CHARLES X ORMOLU STRIKING PORTICO MANTEL CLOCK OF LARGE SIZE
    PARIS, CIRCA 1830
    The entabulature supported by four fluted composite columns, above the plinth base, with silvered Roman dial and blued-steel Breguet hands and sweep seconds, signed VIELLE VILLE A PARIS, the twin barrel movement with pinwheel escapement and countwheel strike to bell, with gridiron pendulum
    28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high; 13½ in. (34.3 cm.) wide; 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) deep

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