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Japy Freres & Cie small table clock, ca. 1870.
This brass, Louis XIV-style clock is just 12 inches
tall with elaborate brass decorations, garlands, and the requisite urn on top.
At first, I thought it was firegilded, but I
believe it is all brass, possibly gilded as I see no tarnish, but no wear either.
There is a bit of spotting to the finish,
mostly on top, but nothing you can't live with, and it might clean off with a bit of polish.
There is a metal repoussé dial
with white cartouche porcelain numbers and a retailer, L. Engelskirchen, Dusseldorf.
The dial glass is convex and beveled.
There is a pendule de Paris time-and-strike movement with the Japy Freres logo and an outside count wheel.
It is running and
striking on a nickel bell.
Note the small key hanging from the top, used to adjust the fast/slow setting.
This little
guy is too pretty to pass up.