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A Meissen and gilt bronze mantel timepiece, late 18th/early 19th century
the balloon shaped case cast with rocaille with circular white enamel Roman and Arabic dial, signed LE PAUTE A PARIS, with later movement, surmounted by the figure of a semi-naked child, and supported on the back of a rhinoceros, on a conforming platform with scroll feet -- 13½in. (34cm.) high, overall
the balloon shaped case cast with rocaille with circular white enamel Roman and Arabic dial, signed LE PAUTE A PARIS, with later movement, surmounted by the figure of a semi-naked child, and supported on the back of a rhinoceros, on a conforming platform with scroll feet -- 13½in. (34cm.) high, overall