AN EMPIRE ORMOLU STRIKING EIGHT DAY FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK
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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU STRIKING EIGHT DAY FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK

MORIZE, PARIS, CIRCA 1815

Closed7 May 2008

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GBP 3,750

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU STRIKING EIGHT DAY FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK
MORIZE, PARIS, CIRCA 1815
The naturalistic case modelled with Pan playing a pipe and with beasts at a watering hole, the base applied with dragon and zodiacal mounts white enamel Roman dial with blued steel Breguet hands and signed 'Morize/Rue St. Antoine No 106 à Paris', the twin barrels movement with anchor escapement and countwheel strike on bell; pendulum
22¼ in. (57 cm.) high

Specialist note

Morize was recorded working on Rue Saint-Antoine from 1812 to 1820.