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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 18, 1952
M. Henri Bonnet, French Ambassador to the United States,
presented to the President today an 18th Century musical clock and
two candelabra for the renovated White House. In making the presen-
tation the Ambassador said:
"Mr. President: In the name of President Vincent Auriol, I
have great pleasure in presenting to you for the renovated
White House this musical clock and two candelabra as a token
of the gratitude and friendship of the French people for the
people of the United States.
"The clock and the candelabra were both acquired especially
by the President of France for this occasion. The clock is
mounted on a white marble base and is supported by two cupids
astride bronze aninals. Before the hour, the clock plays
pastoral music of the 18th Century ("ariettes and musettes")
on a miniature organ hidden in a gold case. It is the work
of sculptor Gouttiere, one of the celebrated masters of that
period."
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