A Louis Philippe bronze and siena marble mantel clock, circa 1845

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A Louis Philippe bronze and siena marble mantel clock, circa 1845
The rectangular case surmounted by a bust portraying Asclepius, the engine milled Roman dial signed AUTRAY FILS, the stepped plinth with stiff-leaf cast gallery, on bracket feet, the movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on a bell
17½in. (45cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Cronis, a princess, was Apollo's lover and was with child by him, but she left him for another. The news was brought to Apollo by a snow white crow that he had set to watch over her. In a fit of jealous rage he cursed the crow which turned black and then he slew Coronis with an arrow. He tore the child from her womb and gave it to the care of the centaur Chiron. It grew up to be the God of Medicine, Asclepius.

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