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Ormolu Chinoiserie Mantel Clock
Clockmaker: Fils, Waltrain Bronzier: Saint-Germain, Jean-Joseph
France, circa 1765
Desription
An excellent rococo style ormolu mantel clock. Drum case, with dial signed Waltrin Fils a Paris, is surmounted by an ormolu figure with plumed hat. Two chinoiserie figures hold the drum-cased clock, upon a rocaille (rock-shaped) base.
A very similar clock case signed St Germain is illustrated in French Clocks the World Over, Part 1, Plate XXX.
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