A FRENCH ORMOLU AND BRONZE FIGURAL MANTLE CLOCK
BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, THE FIGURE CAST FROM A MODEL BY EUGENE DELAPLANCHE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
CASE: the rocaille plinth with 'C'-scrolls and shells signed 'F. BARBEDIENNE' surmounted by a female violinist on a circular base signed 'E. DELAPLANCHE' and with the foundry inscription 'F. BARBEDIENNE, Fondeur, Paris' with the Reduction Mecanique cachet DIAL: white enamel signed 'F. Barbedienne/A Paris' with pierced and engraved gilt hands MOVEMENT: twin barrels with platform lever escapement with rack striking to bell
27½ in. (70 cm.) high; 13½ in. (34.5 cm.) wide; 10 in. (26 cm.) deep
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND BRONZE FIGURAL MANTLE CLOCK
BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, THE FIGURE CAST FROM A MODEL BY EUGENE DELAPLANCHE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
CASE: the rocaille plinth with 'C'-scrolls and shells signed 'F. BARBEDIENNE' surmounted by a female violinist on a circular base signed 'E. DELAPLANCHE' and with the foundry inscription 'F. BARBEDIENNE, Fondeur, Paris' with the Reduction Mecanique cachet DIAL: white enamel signed 'F. Barbedienne/A Paris' with pierced and engraved gilt hands MOVEMENT: twin barrels with platform lever escapement with rack striking to bell
27½ in. (70 cm.) high; 13½ in. (34.5 cm.) wide; 10 in. (26 cm.) deep
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