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FARRET (clockmaker, active in Paris from 1840) & Henri PICARD (bronzemaker, also active in Paris from the same year) White marble and gilt bronze clock featuring a child reading. White enamelled circular dial with Roman and Arabic numerals in black, signed FARRET in Paris, and surmounted by a flowery garland. The bronze is stamped H. Picard on the back. (small chips and accidents, mechanism not verified) 29 x 40 x 14 cm

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FARRET (clockmaker, active in Paris from 1840) & Henri PICARD (bronzemaker, also active in Paris from the same year) White marble and gilt bronze clock featuring a child reading. White enamelled circular dial with Roman and Arabic numerals in black, signed FARRET in Paris, and surmounted by a flowery garland. The bronze is stamped H. Picard on the back. (small chips and accidents, mechanism not verified) 29 x 40 x 14 cm

Estimate 300 - 500 EUR

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