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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU URN CLOCK
Rodier à Paris
the case on square stepped plinth (lacking feet) applied with a Cupid relief, the sides of the urn applied with winged figures, the neck with winged cherub reliefs emblematic of the seasons, the foliate cast handles with owl-mask terminals, white enamel Roman and Arabic dial signed Rodier à Paris with blued moon hands (minute hand broken), the twin going barrel movement with anchor escapement with silk-suspended pendulum and strike on bell on backplate stamped R.55.
16in. (40.5cm.) high
Rodier à Paris
the case on square stepped plinth (lacking feet) applied with a Cupid relief, the sides of the urn applied with winged figures, the neck with winged cherub reliefs emblematic of the seasons, the foliate cast handles with owl-mask terminals, white enamel Roman and Arabic dial signed Rodier à Paris with blued moon hands (minute hand broken), the twin going barrel movement with anchor escapement with silk-suspended pendulum and strike on bell on backplate stamped R.55.
16in. (40.5cm.) high