A LOUIS PHILIPPE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK, BREGUET, PARIS, NO. 242, THE CASE BY BAVOZET FRERE ET SOEUR, THE MOVEMENT BY LENOIR, CIRCA 1835

A LOUIS PHILIPPE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
BREGUET, PARIS, NO. 242, THE CASE BY BAVOZET FRERE ET SOEUR, THE MOVEMENT BY LENOIR, CIRCA 1835
Modelled after the South façade of the Rouen Cathedral, the dial with enamelled Roman numeral hour plaques with Bréguet style hands, the twin barrel movement with recoil anchor escapement, silk suspension and count wheel strike on bell, the back plate signed 'Bréguet à Paris / No 242'
20 in. (51 cm.) high; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide; 6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) deep

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Provenance
Purchased from Bréguet in 1835, by 'Irby', possibly George Ives Irby, 4th Baron Boston (1800-1889).