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A EMPIRE ORMOLU AND BRONZE STRIKING MANTLE CLOCK
Gaultier Pere et Oltramare à Larochelle
the case emblematic of hunting with the figures of Diana flanking the case with central panel with a hunter holding a hare above his dog sitting on a naturalistic base beneath some foliage, the top surmounted by a putto riding a prancing stag, the bronze frame supported on satyr mask-and-hoof feet on further black marble base on milled toupie feet, egg-and-dart bezel to the white enamel Roman and Arabic dial signed Gaultier Pere et Oltramare à Larochelle, pierced ormolu hands, the twin barrel movement with anchor escapement with silk-suspended pendulum, outside countwheel strike on bell on plain backplate
22in. (56cm.) high
Gaultier Pere et Oltramare à Larochelle
the case emblematic of hunting with the figures of Diana flanking the case with central panel with a hunter holding a hare above his dog sitting on a naturalistic base beneath some foliage, the top surmounted by a putto riding a prancing stag, the bronze frame supported on satyr mask-and-hoof feet on further black marble base on milled toupie feet, egg-and-dart bezel to the white enamel Roman and Arabic dial signed Gaultier Pere et Oltramare à Larochelle, pierced ormolu hands, the twin barrel movement with anchor escapement with silk-suspended pendulum, outside countwheel strike on bell on plain backplate
22in. (56cm.) high