Richard et Cie, Paris, a late-Victorian tortoiseshell boulle...

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£140 - £180

Richard et Cie, Paris, a late-Victorian tortoiseshell boulle mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a gong with the backplate stamped with the coiled serpent trademark, with initials R.C., for Richard et Cie, the cream dial with black Roman numerals, black Arabic five-minute numerals, blued steel hands and signed for the retailer Clarkman, Fenchurch, London, the straight-sided boulle case of tortoiseshell inlaid with engraved brass decoration, with ebonised sides and applied gilt-metal mouldings, bracket feet and finial, height 31cm.