A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU EIGHT DAY STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
CASE: acanthus-wrapped drum-shaped case headed by ribbon-tied floral garlands and surmounted by Love's attributes, with pierced floret trellis sides, above a stepped foliate-cast base, on gadrooned toupie feet (one later)
DIAL: white enamel, with pierced and chased ormolu hands
MOVEMENT: with twin barrels, silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell; pendulum
12¼ in. (31 cm.) high; 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) wide; 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) deep
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU EIGHT DAY STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
CASE: acanthus-wrapped drum-shaped case headed by ribbon-tied floral garlands and surmounted by Love's attributes, with pierced floret trellis sides, above a stepped foliate-cast base, on gadrooned toupie feet (one later)
DIAL: white enamel, with pierced and chased ormolu hands
MOVEMENT: with twin barrels, silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell; pendulum
12¼ in. (31 cm.) high; 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) wide; 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) deep
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