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A LOUIS PHILIPPE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
The rectangular case with white enamel Roman dial within a beaded bezel, flanked by the figure of Hippolytus, formerly with a hound to his side (now lacking), the youthful warrior shown with his left hand resting upon his helmet which surmounts the case, a pillar to the other side, applied with trophies and surmounted by an oil lamp, the rectangular stepped plinth with a relief cast frieze depicting the soldier standing before his parents Theseus and Phaedra, above a stiff-leaf cast gallery and engine milled feet, the twin going barrel movement striking a bell 19½in. (49.5cm) high
The rectangular case with white enamel Roman dial within a beaded bezel, flanked by the figure of Hippolytus, formerly with a hound to his side (now lacking), the youthful warrior shown with his left hand resting upon his helmet which surmounts the case, a pillar to the other side, applied with trophies and surmounted by an oil lamp, the rectangular stepped plinth with a relief cast frieze depicting the soldier standing before his parents Theseus and Phaedra, above a stiff-leaf cast gallery and engine milled feet, the twin going barrel movement striking a bell 19½in. (49.5cm) high