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LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A French ormolu striking mantel clock
Late 18th Century
The circular white-enamelled Roman and Arabic dial signed Sotiau/A Paris, containing the later canted movement with outside countwheel and strike on bell, within a glass case, surmounted by a stepped top and a pierced gallery, above an inverted plinth centred by a frieze depicting various putti, above a white marble panelled base centred by scrolling foliage, on bun feet, with later movement
57cm. high x 34.5cm. wide x 21cm. deep
Late 18th Century
The circular white-enamelled Roman and Arabic dial signed Sotiau/A Paris, containing the later canted movement with outside countwheel and strike on bell, within a glass case, surmounted by a stepped top and a pierced gallery, above an inverted plinth centred by a frieze depicting various putti, above a white marble panelled base centred by scrolling foliage, on bun feet, with later movement
57cm. high x 34.5cm. wide x 21cm. deep
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