A LOUIS XVI WHITE MARBLE, ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XVI WHITE MARBLE, ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
THE CASE SURMOUNTED BY A BIRD CAGE AND FLANKED BY A FIGURE OF VENUS KNEELING ON A STOOL AND HOLDING A DOVE, WITH CUPID ATOP A NIMBUS REACHING OUT FROM THE OTHER SIDE, ON BREAKFRONT WITH CURVED SIDES, WITH ROPE-TWIST AND BEADED MOUNTS, THE SIDES WITH CURVED ORMOLU PANELS, THE FRONT WITH A RECESSED PANEL, FORMERLY PAINTED, ON ENGINE-MILLED BUN FEET, THE WHITE ENAMEL ARABIC DIAL (VARIOUS CRACKS) WITH REPLACED GILT-METAL HANDS, MOVEMENT LACKING
14½IN. (36.5CM.) HIGH

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