A RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED SIENA MARBLE AND PATINATED BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED SIENA MARBLE AND PATINATED BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK

COEUR FILS, PARIS. CIRCA 1815

Closed8 December 2011

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GBP 3,750

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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED SIENA MARBLE AND PATINATED BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
COEUR FILS, PARIS. CIRCA 1815
CASE: surmounted by a lion, with torch mounts to the angles and anthemion mounts to the sides, floral garlands and ribbons to front and rear, raised on a patinated bronze plinth cast in relief with classical scenes; mounts regilt DIAL: white enamel, signed 'Coeur fils/Rue St honoré N.168 Paris', steel Breguet hands MOVEMENT: twin barrels with silk suspension to anchor escapement and countwheel strike on bell; pendulum
16 in. (41 cm.) high; 9½ in. (24 cm.) wide; 5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Coeur & Fils are recorded on Rue St-Honoré 1812-1817.