A RESTAURATION ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK 'A LA BIBLIOTHEQUE'
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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK 'A LA BIBLIOTHEQUE'

BY LABAUTE CADET, NANCY, CIRCA 1830

Closed1 May 2013

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GBP 5,000

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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK 'A LA BIBLIOTHEQUE'
BY LABAUTE CADET, NANCY, CIRCA 1830
CASE: the central rectangular case modelled as a bookshelf, flanked by two children reading DIAL: white enamel dial with Roman numerals, signed Labaute Cadet, á Nancy MOVEMENT: twin-barrel movement, silk suspension and count wheel strike to bell
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high; 11½ in. (29.2 cm.) wide; 7½ in. (19 cm.) deep

Specialist note

A similar example is illustrated in Tardy, French Clocks - The World Over, Paris 1981, vol. II, p. 292.