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FRENCH NAPOLEON ERA COMTOISE TALLCASE CLOCK(Item: XC-193)1810 FRENCHCHIMING COMTOISETALLCASE CLOCKTHIS GRACEFUL LONGCASE CLOCK WAS MADE BY MESSIER. BONNEAU IN A'NANTES, THE MORBIER REGION OF FRANCE IN 1810. THIS WAS DURING THE REIGN OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. NOTE THE BEAUTIFUL PORCELAIN DIAL AND EXQUISETLY MADE REPOUSSE GILDED FIGURES. THE MOVEMENT STRIKES THE HOUR AND IN TWO MINUTES REPEATS THE STRIKE. IN ADDITION, IT STRIKES THE HALF HOUR. THE WEIGHTS ARE REPLACEMENTS BUT ARE LIKE THE ORIGINAL ONES. THE CLOCK HAS THE ORIGINAL FOLD UP PENDULUM WHICH SHOWS IT IS AN EARLY MORBIER CLOCK. THE PINE CASE IS HANDSOMELY GRAIN PAINTED ( THE TRADITIONAL PROCEDURE). WONDERFUL IN EITHER A FORMAL OR COUNTRY SETTING. THE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN PROFESSIONALLY OVERHAULED
90 INCHES HIGH PRICE: $2,700.00 SOLD 
GRAIN PAINED PINE CASE 
A HANDSOME DIAL OR FACE 
DETAIL SHOWING SQUARE NAILS AND WOODEN PEGS AND 1810 DATE 
GOOD DIAL WITH INTERESTING BRASS 
MOVEMENT HAS BEEN OVERHAULED A $450.00 REPAIR 
SHOWS ORIGINAL FOLD-UP PENDULUM 
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