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AN EMPIRE GILT-BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK, CIRCA 1815
THE STEPPED RECTANGULAR CASE SURMOUNTED BY A CLASSICAL URN AND FLANKED BY THE STANDING FIGURE OF A YOUTH WEARING A TOGA AND HOLDING A CORNUCOPIA, WITH TORCH RELIEF MOUNT TO ONE SIDE AND A CHERUBIC FIGURE TERMINATING IN SCROLLS TO THE FRONT, THE PLINTH WITH PANEL TO THE FRONT CAST IN RELIEF WITH AMORINI AND LAUREL SWAGS AGAINST A STIPPLE GROUND, ON MILLED FEET, THE WHITE ENAMEL ROMAN DIAL (RESTORED) SIGNED L. RAVRIO BRONZIER à PARIS AND MESNIL P., THE TWIN BARREL MOVEMENT WITH SILK SUSPENSION AND COUNTWHEEL STRIKE ON BELL
19¾IN. (50CM.) HIGH
THE STEPPED RECTANGULAR CASE SURMOUNTED BY A CLASSICAL URN AND FLANKED BY THE STANDING FIGURE OF A YOUTH WEARING A TOGA AND HOLDING A CORNUCOPIA, WITH TORCH RELIEF MOUNT TO ONE SIDE AND A CHERUBIC FIGURE TERMINATING IN SCROLLS TO THE FRONT, THE PLINTH WITH PANEL TO THE FRONT CAST IN RELIEF WITH AMORINI AND LAUREL SWAGS AGAINST A STIPPLE GROUND, ON MILLED FEET, THE WHITE ENAMEL ROMAN DIAL (RESTORED) SIGNED L. RAVRIO BRONZIER à PARIS AND MESNIL P., THE TWIN BARREL MOVEMENT WITH SILK SUSPENSION AND COUNTWHEEL STRIKE ON BELL
19¾IN. (50CM.) HIGH