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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

LOT 350

France, circa 1760.Fine painted wood and gilt bronze eight-day going hour and half-hour striking Louis XV cartel with matching bracket, so-called cul de lampe.

C. Shaped painted wood, fully decorated with painted roses against a red ground and applied with gilt bronze foliage and rocaille decoration. Matching bracket. D. White enamel 13-piece with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute chapters. Blued steel Louis XV hands. M. Brass rectangular with turned pillars, going barrels both on the going and the striking trains, verge escapement, short pendulum with silk suspension. Striking on a bell with count wheel on the back plate.Dim. 147 x 50 x 28 cm.