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LARGE FRENCH EMPIRE FLAME MAHOGANY EIGHT DAY PORTICO CLOCK Circa 1810

Offered by: Julia Boston Antiques

Description
LARGE EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH EMPIRE FLAME MAHOGANY EIGHT DAY PORTICO CLOCK
Two train movement count wheel striking on a bell, with chiming on the hour and half-hour.
Flame mahogany veneered case with supported by four mahogany Ionic columns and mounted with finely incised gilt bronze mounts.
The enamel clock face in excellent condition with black roman numerals and 'open moon' hands.
Signed on the clock face 'B.L. Petit, Rue St. Honoré, N° 540 à Paris'. All of the clock movement is original with no replacements. A large and weighted ormolu and steel pendulum.
France c. 1810.

HEIGHT: 64.5 cm (25½")
WIDTH: 34.5 cm (13½")
DEPTH: 18 cm (7")

Price £12,000 GB Pounds

More Information

Origin:	France
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Mahogany and mahogany veneer over oak enamelled face finely encised gilt bronze mounts with original mercury gilding
Condition:	Excellent. The clock is in excellent condition all the parts are original and in good working order.
Creation Date:	Circa 1810
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Empire
Dealer Reference #:	2333
Incollect Reference #:	257449

Dimensions

W.	13.58 in;	H.	25.39 in;	D.	7.09 in;
W.	34.5 cm;	H.	64.5 cm;	D.	18 cm;

Message from Seller:

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