LOUIS XVI PERIOD CLOCK In mahogany, with chased and gilt bronze ornamentation, the polychrome enamelled dial signed "Hartemann à Paris" and showing the hours, minutes, seconds and days of the month, inscribed in a case surrounded by foliage falls held by ribbon bows and flanked by figures of Minerva and Mars, resting on flattened ball feet; the pendulum is missing. H. 49.5 cm (19 ½ in.) l. 43 cm (17 in.) A Louis XVI gilt-bronze mounted and mahogany mantel clock A similar clock, albeit with a more complicated mechanism that also indicates the phases of the moon, is in the collections of the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de la ville de Genève (INV. AD7481). *Information for buyers: The auction is exclusive of VAT. VAT at the reduced rate of 5.5% applies to the auction. This VAT is recoverable for French professionals. It is refundable for a buyer from outside the EU on presentation of proof of export from the EU or for a professional buyer with an intra-Community VAT number and a document proving delivery in the Member State. *Information to the buyers : The hammer price and premium will be VAT excluded. 5.5% VAT will be added to the hammer price and premium. Upon request, this VAT can be refunded to the purchaser on presentation of written proof of exportation outside EU, or to the EU purchaser who will submit his intracommunity VAT number and a proof of shipment to an EU country.