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Louis XVI-style gilt-chased bronze wall clock...

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Louis XVI-style gilt-chased bronze wall clock decorated with laurel, pearl, ribbon knot and foliage friezes on a latticework background and topped with a fire pot. White enamel dial, hours with Roman numerals and minutes with Arabic numerals, signed "Planchon à Paris au Palais royal". Two pierced and chased metal hands. H: 52 cm. Cracks. Matthieu PLANCHON (1842-1921) was a watchmaker, historian and theorist who settled in the Palais-Royal in the 1870s.