Wooden wall-mounted cartel with gilded and carved decoration on a khaki background of a personification of Time in a headdress, learned angels surrounding a sphere in the lower part, captives and a rooster with outstretched wings at the base of the lamp. White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals. Original wire-suspension movement signed Jean-Pierre Ducommun dit Tinnon in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (Neufchâtel region), balance wheel and three stamps. Circa 1730 - Operation not guaranteed, part of the upper dial bezel glued back, major crack to the lamp base, paint missing. H_115 cm

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