An exceptional 19th century French mantle clock by A. D. Mougin. This clock features a wood body with cast brass feet and embellishments. The sides of the clock are made of green glass. The translation etched across the top reads "It sounds the right time".
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AD Mougin was a well-known French clock maker working in the mid nineteenth century.
He is known to have made clocks in the French clock making region of Montbeliard (which is close to the Swiss border) and is also listed as having premises on the Rue de Turenne in Paris.
He won two gold medals at exhibitions for his clocks and used these as the basis for his trademark which contain the ‘Deux Medailles’ . This trademark can usually be found stamped on the back of his clocks.