Hodgkins & Co, Paris, a porcelain mantel clock, the eight-da...

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£100

Hodgkins & Co, Paris, a porcelain mantel clock, the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the backplate stamped for the blanc roulant maker Samuel Marti along with the finisher Mouv. Fin. D. Potonie & Co., Paris 7140, and retailers name Hodgkins & Co, Paris, along , the round white enamel dial having blue Roman numerals, decorative blued steel hands and with a repeat of the retailers name, the white rococo porcelain case with painted floral decoration and gilt accents, height 27cm. Biography For details of Samuel Marti see Lot number 656 D. Potonie et Cie are recorded working at Rue Debelleyme, Paris, previously Neuve St-Francois, from circa 1850 until at least 1870..