ELECTRIC AND NOVELTY CLOCKS
A gilt-spelter and ceramic mounted mantel timepiece and garniture the waisted case with urn surmount above a grotesque mask, with rams' masks to the sides trailing wreaths, the dial with Roman chapter ring and transfer-painted with a river scene to the centre (one hand detached), with single barrel movement -- 12¼in. (31cm.) high; and the side ornaments en suite, adapted to electricity; French, late 19th/early 20th century
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A gilt-spelter and ceramic mounted mantel timepiece and garniture the waisted case with urn surmount above a grotesque mask, with rams' masks to the sides trailing wreaths, the dial with Roman chapter ring and transfer-painted with a river scene to the centre (one hand detached), with single barrel movement -- 12¼in. (31cm.) high; and the side ornaments en suite, adapted to electricity; French, late 19th/early 20th century
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