cartel clock

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Fire-gilded bronze, case richly decorated in the French Louis Quatorze style with hanging laurel branches and vase crown, movement marked "Japy Frères", solid brass movement with anchor escapement, striking mechanism with half strike and hour strike on a bell, white enamel dial with blue Roman numerals, good condition with slight signs of age, H approx. 65 cm, France second half of the 19th century