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A Louis Philippe ormolu-mounted ebonised striking lyre clock, second quarter 19th century
The lyre case with fruiting urn and foliate cresting and leafy branch and female mask mounts to the front, on anthemion cast socle to rectangular base with winged paw feet, silvered Roman dial within a stiff leaf and ovolo cast bezel, blued moon hands, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell -- 22¾in. (57.5cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 2)
The lyre case with fruiting urn and foliate cresting and leafy branch and female mask mounts to the front, on anthemion cast socle to rectangular base with winged paw feet, silvered Roman dial within a stiff leaf and ovolo cast bezel, blued moon hands, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell -- 22¾in. (57.5cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 2)