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A Directoire Mantel Clock - Liesse A Paris ( 1799 )
| Price: | gbp 8500.00 (Pound Sterling) |
| Dimensions: | 42.00cm wide 57.00cm high 17.80cm deep (16.54 inches wide 22.44 inches high 7.01 inches deep) |
| Description: |
The ormolu case consists of a flute playing shepherd boy leaning on the clock drum which in turn is supported on a rock base with fountains from behind which can be seen a bull with upturned head. To the left there is an oak tree with a patinated sheep to its base. A matching dog is seated at the right hand side , gazing up at his master. The stepped rectangular base has a frieze with two arcs showing the signs of the zodiac flanking a central motif of two dragons.
The white enamel dial , signed "Liesse, Rue Montesquien à Paris ", with Roman hour chapters and Arabic fifteen minute markers, has chased and pierced fleur de lys hands. The eight day movement with flat bottomed plates has a countwheel and strikes the hour and half hours on a bell. |
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