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A FRENCH GILT-BRONZE AND ENAMEL-MOUNTED STRIKING FOUR-GLASS MANTEL CLOCK, CIRCA 1880
THE CASE WITH STEPPED TOP, WITH INSET CRIMSON ENAMEL PANEL TO THE FRIEZE DECORATED IN GILT WITH STIFF LEAVES AND FLOWERHEADS, WITH COLUMNS TO EACH ANGLE WITH ENGINE-TURNED CAPITALS, THOSE TO THE FRONT WITH CONFORMING CRIMSON ENAMEL ORNAMENT, ON STEPPED BASE WITH BLOCK FEET, THE DIAL WITH GILT CHAPTER RING AND BLACK-PAINTED ARABIC NUMERALS, ENAMEL CENTRE WITHIN A STIFF LEAF FRAME, THE TWIN BARREL MOVEMENT WITH STRIKE ON GONG, STAMPED ON THE BACKPLATE FOR JAPY FRÈRES, THE PENDULUM INSET WITH A CIRCULAR ENAMEL GILT DECORATED WITH A CLASSICAL MILITARY PROFILE HEAD
15¾IN. (40CM.) HIGH
THE CASE WITH STEPPED TOP, WITH INSET CRIMSON ENAMEL PANEL TO THE FRIEZE DECORATED IN GILT WITH STIFF LEAVES AND FLOWERHEADS, WITH COLUMNS TO EACH ANGLE WITH ENGINE-TURNED CAPITALS, THOSE TO THE FRONT WITH CONFORMING CRIMSON ENAMEL ORNAMENT, ON STEPPED BASE WITH BLOCK FEET, THE DIAL WITH GILT CHAPTER RING AND BLACK-PAINTED ARABIC NUMERALS, ENAMEL CENTRE WITHIN A STIFF LEAF FRAME, THE TWIN BARREL MOVEMENT WITH STRIKE ON GONG, STAMPED ON THE BACKPLATE FOR JAPY FRÈRES, THE PENDULUM INSET WITH A CIRCULAR ENAMEL GILT DECORATED WITH A CLASSICAL MILITARY PROFILE HEAD
15¾IN. (40CM.) HIGH