A marble and ormolu chased pendulum resting on four toupie feet supporting a base of grey Sainte Anne marble and white marble underlined by a row of pearls, decorated with a bas relief of putti among clouds, the enamelled dial with Arabic numerals for the hours and days of the month and decorated with garlands of flowers and marked "A Paris", the case encircled with garlands and falls of drapery and quivers, surmounted by Venus and Love. Louis XVI period. H. 36 cm Formerly converted wire mechanism.

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