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CIRCA 1870
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A Napoleon III ormolu and enamelled mantel clock
Circa 1870
Emblematic of Astronomy, centred by a blue-enamelled spheroid dial, the twin-train movement striking on a bell, surmounted by a cockerel standing on a map of the world, to the left a classically-draped woman writing on a tablet and to the right, two putti with charts, volumes and compasses, on an oblong-shaped base centred by a cartouche and with oak-leaf frieze, on toupie feet
26½ in. (67.3 cm.) wide; 19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high; 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) deep
Circa 1870
Emblematic of Astronomy, centred by a blue-enamelled spheroid dial, the twin-train movement striking on a bell, surmounted by a cockerel standing on a map of the world, to the left a classically-draped woman writing on a tablet and to the right, two putti with charts, volumes and compasses, on an oblong-shaped base centred by a cartouche and with oak-leaf frieze, on toupie feet
26½ in. (67.3 cm.) wide; 19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high; 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) deep