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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 320149, member: 25"]Certainly French, much exported to England, and I suspect this one is spelter, not brass or gilt bronze.</p><p>Look or make a scratch under one foot, a silvery coloired scratch means it is spelter, a cheaper zinc alloy. Late 19th C sums it up, the plaques are usually described as Sevres style. More pictures would help. You will need to remove the bell to show the movement fully,</p><p>I do leep a lookout for watch and clock threads but an @ mention helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 320149, member: 25"]Certainly French, much exported to England, and I suspect this one is spelter, not brass or gilt bronze. Look or make a scratch under one foot, a silvery coloired scratch means it is spelter, a cheaper zinc alloy. Late 19th C sums it up, the plaques are usually described as Sevres style. More pictures would help. You will need to remove the bell to show the movement fully, I do leep a lookout for watch and clock threads but an @ mention helps.[/QUOTE]
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