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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

LOT 357

Charles Le Roy à Paris, circa 1780.Fine gilt bronze eight day-going, hour and half-hour striking Louis XVI wall clock.

C. Bronze shaped flanked by two heads of maidens with further acanthus and oak foliage decoration, an urn with a lid, wreath of laurel and pineapple finial at the top. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Gilt brass Louis XV hands. M. Brass square with rounded corners, turned pillars, going barrels both on the going and the striking trains, anchor escapement, short pendulum with silk suspension. Striking on a bell with count wheel on the back plate.Signed on the dial and back plate.Dim. 70 x 30 cm.