442.    $250

C.E. Petit French inlay portico, ca. 1900.  A 19.5-inch tall French portico in excellent condition. The wood grain and blond inlays are unmarred and intact.  The front twisted columns are painted, there is a brass cast bezel and an elaborate cast brass pendulum with a center inset.  The porcelain dial does show some light hairlines and the top piece needs to be glued down.  French trefoil hands.  The signed 8-day pendule de Paris movement is running and striking the nickel bell on the hours and half-hours.  A very nice example, probably from early in the last century.  $250-$400.