A good French Charles X ormolu sculptural mantel clock, circa 1825.

A good French Charles X ormolu sculptural mantel clock, circa 1825.

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Offered by Toebosch Antiques



A good French Charles X ormolu sculptural mantel clock, circa 1825. A good French Charles X ormolu sculptural mantel clock, circa 1825. A good French Charles X ormolu sculptural mantel clock, circa 1825.

8-day spring driven anchor movement with countwheel half hour striking on a bell, finely cast and chiseled ormolu case.

9.5-cm enamel chapter ring with Roman numerals and Breguet hands, engine turned centre signed Bontems à Paris, 8-day spring driven movement with anchor escapement, countwheel half hour striking on a bell and silk suspended pendulum, fiely cast and chiseled ormolu case surmounted by a music stand and flanked by man with a flute and a lady with a citar, throughout adorned with finely pierced foliate mounts, classical and foliate mounts on the rectangular base raised on bun feet.
An attractive clock with its amusing subject and the original gilding of very good quality.

Reference
100-179
Sizes
46.5 x 35 x 12 cm

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Toebosch Antiques

Kenaupark 29
2011 MR Haarlem
The Netherlands

+31 (0)6 53 211 641
+31 (0)6 53 211 641
http://www.toeboschantiques.com/

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