A French Louis Seize mantel clock
- Period:
- Louis Seize, 1770
- Dimensions:
- 36 x 16 x 16 cm
- Reference:
- 100-842
€ 8500
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A French Louis Seize mantel clock
The white enamel dial displays the hours in Roman numerals and the minutes in Arabic numerals; it is signed: Fol Fils A Paris.
The eight-day movement, with silk suspension, is also signed on the back plate: Fol Fils A Paris.
The clock, made of finely chased and gilded bronze, is stamped “Osmond” on the back of the base.
Robert Osmond (1711-1789) and his nephew Jean-Baptiste Osmond (born in 1742) were leading figures among Parisian bronze casters.
Original ormolu and old patina.
France, circa 1770
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