Circa 1776
The signed 9 inch white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with outer minute markers with pierced and engraved hands signed Robin a Paris, the back of the dial signed and dated Barbezat 1776, the movement with rectangular plates united by pinned pillars (one now screwed) with tic-tac escapement with silk suspension, with the countwheel mounted on the backplate striking on a bell.
The ormolu case surmounted by a twin-handled urn, leading down to a frieze with four cone finials, with foliate scrollwork and drapery to the sides framing the dial. An open pendulum aperture underneath, leading down to further foliate scrollwork centred by a female mask
DIMENSIONS | CM | INCHES |
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Width: | 44 | 17.3 |
Depth: | 16.5 | 6.5 |
Height: | 41 | 16 |