A good mid 19th century French mantel clock with calendar signed Bourdin

A good mid 19th century French mantel clock with calendar signed Bourdin

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Bourdin, a Paris, a good mid 19th century mantel clock with calendar, the black slate, break front case with molded top, base, and corners, and surmounted by a patinated figure of a gaunt hound, signed P.J. Mene, gilt, rectangular bezel with thick bevelled glass, roman numeral white enamel dial with seconds at 12:00, blued steel Breguet style hands, and with flanking, vertically oriented dials, to the left the day and date, to the right the month and 29 1/2 day moons age display, with gilt, engraved mask, the signed, two train pendule de Paris movement with dead beat escapement and striking on a bell, the pendulum with wooden rod, and brass mounting plate with calendar work driven by the strike train