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A faux red-stained tortoiseshell mantel clock
with gilt-metal mounts, the arched case with waisted pediment with beaded border and fruiting urn finial, the white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic sectors and bellflower bezel, with female masks above and below, within guilloche border, on foliate scroll and stylised pad feet, the twin going train movement with strike on gong, stamped on the backplate AD MOUGIN, French, last quarter 19th century -- 12¼in.(32cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 8)
with gilt-metal mounts, the arched case with waisted pediment with beaded border and fruiting urn finial, the white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic sectors and bellflower bezel, with female masks above and below, within guilloche border, on foliate scroll and stylised pad feet, the twin going train movement with strike on gong, stamped on the backplate AD MOUGIN, French, last quarter 19th century -- 12¼in.(32cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 8)