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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK

CIRCA 1870, OF LOUIS XVI STYLE

Fermé6 March 2014

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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
CIRCA 1870, OF LOUIS XVI STYLE
The drum case within a foliate adorned stepped pedestal flanked by seated muses, the white enamel dial with pierced gilt hands and signed 'Geography & Anthology Marquis A Paris’, the twin barrel movement with half dead beat escapement, silk suspension and countwheel strike to bell, solid countwheel, the backplate signed ‘Gilles Lanie, Paris’
27 in. (68.6 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 10 ¾ in. (27.3 cm.) deep

Note du spécialiste

The original design for this mantel clock is by Etienne Martincourt (maître 1762). At least four 18th century examples are documented, one of which was supplied circa 1773-7 to Louis XVI for the Salon de Conseil at the Tuileries Palace, and is presently in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu (see G. Wilson et al, European Clocks in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1996, no. XVI, pp. 114-123).

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