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and its lamp base, entirely veneered with green horn and adorned with chiselled and gilded bronze fittings featuring motifs of clasps and palmettes. At the top, a phoenix figure set against a floral clasp. The white-enamelled dial displays the hours in Roman numerals and the five-minute intervals in Arabic numerals. It is signed ‘LAMY A PARIS’ for Michel Lamy, who was admitted as a master in 1767. The movement plate is also signed. The case is stamped on the back (probably the stamp of François Duhamel) and bears the guild mark JME. Total height: 125.5 cm – Width: 46 cm – Depth: 20.5 cm. (Numerous damage and missing parts, restored, sold as is)

Estimate:£1,251.37

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