A good French Louis XVI ormolu striking cartel clock with sweep seconds, circa 1770

A good French Louis XVI ormolu striking cartel clock with sweep seconds, circa 1770

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Toebosch Antiques
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Name
A good French Louis XVI ormolu striking cartel clock with sweep seconds, circa 1770
Measurements
Height: 72 cm, Width: 32 cm, Depth: 13 cm
Reference
TOEA100209
Techniques
Engraved
Colors
Red, Black, White, Gold
Categories
Decorative Arts Clocks Cartel Clocks
Periods
18th Century Antique
Description

17-cm enamel dial with Roman numerals, foliate pierced and engraved gilt hands and blued sweep seconds, 8-day single spring with double action movement with rare type pinwheel escapement and countwheel half hour striking on a bell, ormolu case surmounted by a decorative urn with rams heads and acanthus leaves, trailing garlands hung from the top to the sides with canted corners and trellis panels, the whole terminating in a foliate finial.

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