A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted white and black marble striking mantel clock with calender
By Louis-Anne Darras, Paris, Last quarter 18th century
The case surmounted by a flowering urn, with baluster-shaped supports rising from a rectangular base, the white enamel dial with inner concentric calendarring, signed Darras Paris, the twin-barrel movement with silk suspended pendulum and countwheel strike on a bell; pendulum and winding key
52 cm. high
A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted white and black marble striking mantel clock with calender
By Louis-Anne Darras, Paris, Last quarter 18th century
The case surmounted by a flowering urn, with baluster-shaped supports rising from a rectangular base, the white enamel dial with inner concentric calendarring, signed Darras Paris, the twin-barrel movement with silk suspended pendulum and countwheel strike on a bell; pendulum and winding key
52 cm. high
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