A Louis XVI gilt and silvered-bronze quarter repeating mantel timepiece after Francois Vion, Paris, circa 1780

Property of an Important European Collection

A Louis XVI gilt and silvered-bronze quarter repeating mantel timepiece after Francois Vion, Paris, circa 1780

3-inch enamel dial with inner date track, finely pierced paste-set hands, the bezel set with white pastes, the movement with verge escapement, pull quarter repeating on two bells, the cadrature mounted on the backplate, the drum surmounted by a seated winged female hold a portrait medallion of King Louis XVI, the frame and crown set with white pastes, all mounted on the back of a well modelled lion, the plinth with laurel swags, on turned feet

34cm. 13½in. high

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