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A FRENCH PURPLEWOOD AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED LONGCASE CLOCK
Inlaid with lines, decorated with stiff leaves and ribbon-tied floral garlands and trailing stems, the cloud-bound hood supported by winged putti trailing floral stems and inset with an enamel dial signed Balthazar, Paris, the eight-day movement striking on a bell, the waisted and tapered body centred by a figure mask on a sun-burst and enclosed by a door below with a central glazed oval with an urn of flowers, on paw feet on plinth and foliate toes
90in. (229cm.) high
Inlaid with lines, decorated with stiff leaves and ribbon-tied floral garlands and trailing stems, the cloud-bound hood supported by winged putti trailing floral stems and inset with an enamel dial signed Balthazar, Paris, the eight-day movement striking on a bell, the waisted and tapered body centred by a figure mask on a sun-burst and enclosed by a door below with a central glazed oval with an urn of flowers, on paw feet on plinth and foliate toes
90in. (229cm.) high