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An impressive Louis XVI mantel clock

 
 

FR 43/09
 

A traditional, high quality Louis XVI mantel clock, large 8-day circular movement, anchor escapement, silk suspended pendulum, striking the full hours and one stroke on the half hour on a single bell,  outside count wheel, enamal dial, signed Millet Loizillan à Tours, ormulo mounts on white and black marble, original mercury gilding, crowned by an eagle, height 73 cm, ca. 1780.

See “Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française” -  Pierre Kjellberg – “la pendule portique” from page 197 on

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