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A Charles X bronze and ormolu-mounted mantel timepiece
the case with urn surmount with acorn finial to the stepped top, quiver mounts to the angles surmounted by doves with displayed wings and with winged paw feet below, furher quiver mounts to the sides within floral wreths, cast with floral sprays to the front against a stipple ground, on stepped base with anthemion gallery and on block feet, the silvered dial with individual black-painted Roman chapters, steel moon hands, within a serpent clasp bezel, the single barrel movement with silk suspension signed on the backplate Laresche h.ger. 164. Palais Royal Paris -- 13½in. (34.5cm.) high
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the case with urn surmount with acorn finial to the stepped top, quiver mounts to the angles surmounted by doves with displayed wings and with winged paw feet below, furher quiver mounts to the sides within floral wreths, cast with floral sprays to the front against a stipple ground, on stepped base with anthemion gallery and on block feet, the silvered dial with individual black-painted Roman chapters, steel moon hands, within a serpent clasp bezel, the single barrel movement with silk suspension signed on the backplate Laresche h.ger. 164. Palais Royal Paris -- 13½in. (34.5cm.) high
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