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US$2,600-3,800
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
CIRCA 1820
The circular white enamelled dial with Roman hour and Arabic quarter hour chapters, gilt brass arrow hands, the twin-barrel movement with sun pendulum and hour and half-hour strike on a bell via countwheel, the circular drum-form case decorated with tasseled swags, surmounted by an urn with a pinecone finial and flanked by laurel-tied lyres, supported on fluted columns applied with garlands and rosettes, all raised on a stepped rectangular plinth and circular feet, 17 in. (43.2 cm.) high
CIRCA 1820
The circular white enamelled dial with Roman hour and Arabic quarter hour chapters, gilt brass arrow hands, the twin-barrel movement with sun pendulum and hour and half-hour strike on a bell via countwheel, the circular drum-form case decorated with tasseled swags, surmounted by an urn with a pinecone finial and flanked by laurel-tied lyres, supported on fluted columns applied with garlands and rosettes, all raised on a stepped rectangular plinth and circular feet, 17 in. (43.2 cm.) high