French Black Slate and Gilt Mantel Clock

Description:

French Black Slate and Gilt Mantel Clock, c. 1880, with a double-handled brass urn above the roman numeral porcelain dial signed "Chauvel A Nantes," floral and shell bezel surround, dolphin bauble at the corners, foliate brass cove-molding above the scrolled front feet, eight-day time and countwheel strike with silk thread suspension, ht. 17 in.
Estimate $200-300

lacking pendulum, chips and cracks around the number 4 and 8, chips to slate on bottom right above scrolled foot and opposit rear corner, brass oxidation to some ornamentation, hour hand broken, lacking bezel glass


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