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I inherited three clocks and although we know the history of two of them the third we don’t! It is a drumhead mantle clock in ormolu.It has Miller & Sons on the enamel face plate and stamped on the mechanism.I have stripped it down and cleaned it,Underneath the face plate is engraved Chas E WilkinsJuly 1932.But the clock is identical to one I found for sale on the internet and described as manufactured approx 1780 in France!Could it be a copy of a early french clock or could it be an original imported serviced/sold by Miller & Sons?Isould love any info😊

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