French Louis XIV verge brass lantern clock, signed Anne Clem...

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£800 - £1,200

French Louis XIV verge brass lantern clock, signed Anne Clement á Paris on the left hand side of the bottom movement plate, the 10.25" circular brass dial with Roman cartouche enamel numerals enclosing a foliate repousse centre, surmounted by a pierced foliate fret with portrait sunburst finial before pierced foliate side frets, strapwork bell and finial, 16.5" high (bob pendulum, two weights and later wooden wall bracket, 17.25" high)

**This maker is recorded in the Tardy Horlogers Dictionary as being from a well-known family of clockmakers and succeeded by Saunier in 1748