Lot Essay
An identical clock is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, La Pendule Française, Paris, 1997, p. 405, ill. F
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SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU FIGURAL STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The case modelled as a dolphin supporting Orpheus playing his lyre, blued steel hands, the front of the plinth base with a relief cast scene depicting a vessel, Orpheus and two dolphins, eight-day twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell; pendulum
52 cm. high
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The case modelled as a dolphin supporting Orpheus playing his lyre, blued steel hands, the front of the plinth base with a relief cast scene depicting a vessel, Orpheus and two dolphins, eight-day twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell; pendulum
52 cm. high
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