A French gilt-bronze and porcelain-mounted striking mantel clock, last quarter 19th century
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A French gilt-bronze and porcelain-mounted striking mantel clock, last quarter 19th century

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GBP 1,645

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A French gilt-bronze and porcelain-mounted striking mantel clock, last quarter 19th century
The case with openwork cupola finial surmounted by a figure of Apollo with a lyre, with griffins to the projecting top angles above telamone supports, the bright pink side panels decorated en grisaille with cherubs holding floral baskets, the conforming dial with individual white reserves painted with gilt Roman chapters, with gilt spade hands, the twin barrel movement with strike on bell -- 13¼in. (33.5cm.) high, on a giltwood plinth
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