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A French black and rouge marble mantel clock, late 19th century
The tapering architectural case incised with panels of pseudo heiroglyphs and carved with imbricated ornament to the end, surmounted by a parcel-gilt bronze figure of a recumbent sphinx, the circular white enamel Roman dial with recessed centre and Brocot escapement, with blued steel pointers, the twin-train movement striking a bell
153/8in. (39cm.) wide
The tapering architectural case incised with panels of pseudo heiroglyphs and carved with imbricated ornament to the end, surmounted by a parcel-gilt bronze figure of a recumbent sphinx, the circular white enamel Roman dial with recessed centre and Brocot escapement, with blued steel pointers, the twin-train movement striking a bell
153/8in. (39cm.) wide
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