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AN AUSTRIAN EBONISED FRUITWOOD AND GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED GRANDE SONNERIE MANTEL CLOCK WITH AUTOMATON FIGURES, MID 19TH CENTURY
THE SHIELD-SHAPED CASE WITH DISPLAYED EAGLE CRESTING, WITH MASK, LEAFY SPRIG AND CLASSICAL FEMALE RELIEF MOUNTS, ON ARCHED BASE TERMINATING IN HAIRY PAW FEET, WITH STEPPED RECTANGULAR PLINTH ON BUN FEET BELOW, THE GILT-BRONZE DIAL ENGRAVED WITH HATCHED ORNAMENT AND CENTRED BY A WHITE ENAMEL ARABIC CHAPTER DISC (SOME CHIPPING TO WINDING HOLE) SIGNED DöLLER IN WIEN, FLANKED BY TWO RELIEF SOLDIER FIGURES WITH AUTOMATON ARMS STRIKING AXES AGAINST BELLS FOR THE HOURS AND QUARTERS RESPECTIVELY, THE TRIPLE BARREL MOVEMENT WITH SILK SUSPENSION STRIKING ON TWO GONGS VIA TWO HAMMERS, WITH PULL TRIP REPEAT, STAMPED C.D ON THE BACKPLATE
21¾IN. (55CM.) HIGH
THE SHIELD-SHAPED CASE WITH DISPLAYED EAGLE CRESTING, WITH MASK, LEAFY SPRIG AND CLASSICAL FEMALE RELIEF MOUNTS, ON ARCHED BASE TERMINATING IN HAIRY PAW FEET, WITH STEPPED RECTANGULAR PLINTH ON BUN FEET BELOW, THE GILT-BRONZE DIAL ENGRAVED WITH HATCHED ORNAMENT AND CENTRED BY A WHITE ENAMEL ARABIC CHAPTER DISC (SOME CHIPPING TO WINDING HOLE) SIGNED DöLLER IN WIEN, FLANKED BY TWO RELIEF SOLDIER FIGURES WITH AUTOMATON ARMS STRIKING AXES AGAINST BELLS FOR THE HOURS AND QUARTERS RESPECTIVELY, THE TRIPLE BARREL MOVEMENT WITH SILK SUSPENSION STRIKING ON TWO GONGS VIA TWO HAMMERS, WITH PULL TRIP REPEAT, STAMPED C.D ON THE BACKPLATE
21¾IN. (55CM.) HIGH