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Portico clock in white marble and turquin blue marble. Louis XVI period.

Jean-Baptiste PINSON (born 1735)

Finely gilded and chiseled bronze resting on four spool feet.
It features a decoration of lotus leaf and pearl friezes, foliate and flowering garlands and a music trophy.
The white enamel dial with hours and minutes in Arabic numerals is signed "Pinson" Paris. Movement suspended by a wire.

French work from the late eighteenth century.
Height: 42 cm

Pendule portique en marbre blanc et bleu turquin Époque Louis XVI.

Jean-Baptiste PINSON (né en 1735)

Bronze finement doré et ciselé reposant sur quatre pieds toupie.
Elle présente un décor de frises de feuilles de lotus et de perles, guirlande
feuillagée et fleurie et trophée de musique.
Le cadran émaillé blanc aux heures et minutes en chiffres arabes est signé
de "Pinson" à Paris. Mouvement à suspension à fil.

Travail Français de la Fin du XVIIIe siècle. 
Haut. : 42 cm
  

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Portico clock Directoire Bronze, Marble - 1750-1800

Mechanical - 8 day movement - half hour, one bell

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French Directoire antique portico clock in white and turquin blue marble with finely gilt bronze, 42 cm high, 28 cm wide, 10 cm deep, with a mechanical eight-day movement, half-hour striking on one gong, in working order and good used condition.

Portico clock Directoire Bronze, Marble - 1750-1800

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French Directoire antique portico clock in white and turquin blue marble with finely gilt bronze, 42 cm high, 28 cm wide, 10 cm deep, with a mechanical eight-day movement, half-hour striking on one gong, in working order and good used condition.

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