LOUIS XVI PERIOD WALL-MOUNTED CARTEL In chased and gilded bronze, the white enamelled dial signed "Atoine Coliau/RUE DU MAIL", the movement signed "Coliau AParis" inscribed in a case surmounted by a covered antique urn and flanked by laurel garlands. H.:50 cm (19 ¾ in.) l.:28 cm (11 in.) Antoine Coliau, master watchmaker in 1770 and active on rue du Mail between 1772 and 1778 A Louis XVI gilt-bronze cartel d'applique, the dial and the movement signed by Antoine Coliau

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