Gilt Metal Louis XIV Mantle Clock
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- Movement - The technical name for the workings of a clock or watch, and does not include the dial or case.
- Louis Xiv - Louis XIV (1638 ? 1715), known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, ruled through Cardinal Mazarin as chief minister from 1643 to 1661 and as monarch of the House of Bourbon and King of France and Navarre from 1661 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years is one of the longest in French and European history.
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- clocks, mantle & shelf, material or style - gilt metal / ormolu 536
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