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A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted black marble portico striking mantel clock
The circular white-enamelled Roman dial signed Cramez à Ham, within a drumcase containing the movement with sunburst silk-suspended pendulum and outside countwheel strike on bell, surmounted by a vase-shaped finial issuing floral garlands, flanked by anthemiae finials, above pilasters applied with classical maiden mounts, above a stepped rectangular plinth, on bell-shaped feet, minor chips to the dial, the pendulum probably later
53.5cm. high x 32.5cm. wide x 10cm. deep
The circular white-enamelled Roman dial signed Cramez à Ham, within a drumcase containing the movement with sunburst silk-suspended pendulum and outside countwheel strike on bell, surmounted by a vase-shaped finial issuing floral garlands, flanked by anthemiae finials, above pilasters applied with classical maiden mounts, above a stepped rectangular plinth, on bell-shaped feet, minor chips to the dial, the pendulum probably later
53.5cm. high x 32.5cm. wide x 10cm. deep
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