A LOUIS XVI GILT-BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
FERDINAND BERTHOUD, PARIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The drum case flanked by a classical figure reading, on later ebonised base, the white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic five minute marks, pierced gilt-brass hands, signed FERDINAND / BERTHOUD, the twin barrel movement with recoil anchor escapement, silk suspension and count wheel strike to bell, back plate signed Ferdinand Berthoud Paris, with pendulum
13.1/2 in. (34.3 cm.) high; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide; 5.3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) deep
A LOUIS XVI GILT-BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
FERDINAND BERTHOUD, PARIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The drum case flanked by a classical figure reading, on later ebonised base, the white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic five minute marks, pierced gilt-brass hands, signed FERDINAND / BERTHOUD, the twin barrel movement with recoil anchor escapement, silk suspension and count wheel strike to bell, back plate signed Ferdinand Berthoud Paris, with pendulum
13.1/2 in. (34.3 cm.) high; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide; 5.3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) deep