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Lot 828 Dα

A magnificent Parisian portico clock

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 7.500 € (incl. premium)

A magnificent Parisian portico clock

White and black marble clock with ormolu mountings, white enamel dial, finely pierced hour and minute hands and a blued steel second. Large 14-day pendulum movement with half-hourly striking on a bell. The dial signed "Revel au Palais Royal". H 71, W ca. 44, D 17 cm.
Joseph Revel, 1787 - 90.

Literature

This clockmaker mentioned in Tardy, Dictionnaire des horlogers français, Paris 3/1972, p. 551.