A LOUIS XVI BISCUIT PORCELAIN AND ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
CIRCA 1790
The rectangular stepped case flanked by the figure of a resting Vestal Virgin and mounted with an urn, a globe and a flowering basket, with stiff-leaf border to plinth and raised on toupie feet, the white enamel dial with Arabic hours and quarter-hours, pierced gilt hands, remains of signature '... a Paris', the twin barrel movement with tic-tac escapement, silk suspension, strike to bell via countwheel mounted to backplate
20 1/2 in. (52 cm.) high; 12 1/4 in. (31 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20.3 cm.) deep
A LOUIS XVI BISCUIT PORCELAIN AND ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
CIRCA 1790
The rectangular stepped case flanked by the figure of a resting Vestal Virgin and mounted with an urn, a globe and a flowering basket, with stiff-leaf border to plinth and raised on toupie feet, the white enamel dial with Arabic hours and quarter-hours, pierced gilt hands, remains of signature '... a Paris', the twin barrel movement with tic-tac escapement, silk suspension, strike to bell via countwheel mounted to backplate
20 1/2 in. (52 cm.) high; 12 1/4 in. (31 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20.3 cm.) deep
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