A fine Louis XVI style gilt and patinated bronze and white marble mantle clock Paris, circa 1885

the polychrome enamel decorated dial signed  F. Berthoud / a Paris, the twin train movement by Etienne Maxant with his conforming seal and number 19882.

In original good gilded and patinated condition. Chips around enamel to winding key holes on the dial. The pendulum is similarly numbered to the movement. There is a winding key.
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The present model is made after the eighteenth century original model made circa 1780 now at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.