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Lot 181*,Y
A good second quarter of the 18th century French ormolu-mounted tortoiseshell wall clock L. Talon, Paris
21 November 2023, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £7,040 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA good second quarter of the 18th century French ormolu-mounted tortoiseshell wall clock
L. Talon, Paris
The case surmounted by a detachable caddy with gilt fleur-de-lys finial on a classical urn with hoof feet, the tete-de-poupee shaped case centred by a Roman style portrait medallion over elaborate scroll mounts to the corners and base, the sides with cut-brass inlaid lozenges, over a tapering wall bracket with cast edge and goats head corner mounts, framing a coloured horn panel and terminating in a floral bud finial.
The 6 inch thirteen-piece white enamel Roman dial with engraved outer minute ring and blued steel hands, signed L. Talon AParis.
The large rectangular movement united by five pinned tapering pillars, verge escapement with silk suspended pendulum and solid outside countwheel strike on a bell, signed along the lower edge L Talon AParis.
25cm wide x 17cm deep x 79cm high, (9 1/2in wide x 6 1/2in deep x 31in high)
The case surmounted by a detachable caddy with gilt fleur-de-lys finial on a classical urn with hoof feet, the tete-de-poupee shaped case centred by a Roman style portrait medallion over elaborate scroll mounts to the corners and base, the sides with cut-brass inlaid lozenges, over a tapering wall bracket with cast edge and goats head corner mounts, framing a coloured horn panel and terminating in a floral bud finial.
The 6 inch thirteen-piece white enamel Roman dial with engraved outer minute ring and blued steel hands, signed L. Talon AParis.
The large rectangular movement united by five pinned tapering pillars, verge escapement with silk suspended pendulum and solid outside countwheel strike on a bell, signed along the lower edge L Talon AParis.
25cm wide x 17cm deep x 79cm high, (9 1/2in wide x 6 1/2in deep x 31in high)
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