Lot 356

Monnot à Paris, 370 mm, circa 1820
A decorative mantel clock with half hour/hour strike "The flutist"
Case: bronze, firegilt. Dial: enamel chapter ring. Movm.: brass full plate movement, 1 hammer / 1 bell, anchor escapement, silk string suspension, steel pendulum rod and brass bob.
It’s likely that here the flags are raised in honour of the fairer sex rather than to give the signal for attack…

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