Null Gilt bronze Astronomy clock (gilding redone, wear), the dial with Roman and…

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Gilt bronze Astronomy clock (gilding redone, wear), the dial with Roman and Arabic numerals flanked by two female figures symbolizing the Letters and Sciences, surmounted by a flaming vase with ram heads and resting on a base with a mask of a bearded man and children-arabesque. The dial signed by Baillon in Paris. Louis XVI period. H : 64 cm, W : 44 cm, D : 22 cm

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Gilt bronze Astronomy clock (gilding redone, wear), the dial with Roman and Arabic numerals flanked by two female figures symbolizing the Letters and Sciences, surmounted by a flaming vase with ram heads and resting on a base with a mask of a bearded man and children-arabesque. The dial signed by Baillon in Paris. Louis XVI period. H : 64 cm, W : 44 cm, D : 22 cm

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