A Louis-Philippe gilt-bronze portico mantel clock, circa 1835

3¼-inch silvered dial with gilt foliate surround, Pons bell striking movement with outside count wheel and steel suspension with grid-iron pendulum and decorative bob, signed on the backplate Guyerdet Ainé, Paris, 3532, the drum mounted within a portico supported on Corinthian-capped columns, the plinth with foliate and swan mounts

Sotheby's, Amsterdam, European Collections, 21st February 2006, lot 458

Dial is lacking most of the silvering. Movement is complete but very dirty and requires service and overhaul, suspension broken but we have the pieces, case in generally good condition retaining much of the original gilding though rather dirty. With decorative grid-iron pendulum but no winder.
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