A French Directoire ormolu skeleton clock fine enamel and calendar, Gaston Joly, circa 1795.

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Description

enamel dial with Roman numerals and fine gilt and ebngraved hands, subsidary for date and day of the week below and moon phase above, the whole with a fine blue enamel surround with gilt applied stars signed G.(aston) Joly à Paris, raised on two arched supports with two flanking ormolu merman with trumpets, mounted on marble bases on a rectangular white marble plinth with applied ormolu mounts raised on toupee feet, movement with 8-day duration and countwheel half hour striking on a bell, silk suspended pendulum with sunburst bob, supplied with a custom made glass dome and parcel gilt base.

Name
A French Directoire ormolu skeleton clock fine enamel and calendar, Gaston Joly, circa 1795.
Periods
18th Century Antique Directoire
Measurements
Height: 54 cm, Width: 31 cm, Depth: 15 cm
Reference
TOEA1003
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