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Lot 28^TP

A French Louis XV ormolu-mounted and brass-inlaid ebony annual calendar longcase clock
Charost, Paris

Fine Clocks

11 July 2018, 14:00 BST

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £16,250 inc. premium

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A French Louis XV ormolu-mounted and brass-inlaid ebony annual calendar longcase clock

Charost, Paris
Surmounted by a figure of Chronos, above an elaborate dial signed Charost A Paris with annual calendar ring engraved with the signs of the Zodiac, the centre with moonphase dial and lunar date register, above a waisted case applied with scrolling foliate mounts, palmettes and a figure of Diana, the front with glass pendulum aperture, on a shaped base

Footnotes

Provenance:
The Dunn Family, Childrey Manor
Thence by descent to Brigadier K.F.W. Dunn, C.B.E., D.L. Eastlington Park, Gloucestershire
Mr & Mrs Jack Bailey
Sotheby's, 6 July 2011, lot 17.

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