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CIRCA 1775
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
Circa 1775
Of lyre form, with a circular white-enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapters, and days of the month, within a surround inset with paste brilliants, the skeletonized movement with twin going barrels, countwheel strike on a bell and pin-wheel escapement, the pierced case cast with beaded husk trails and oak leaf swags surmounted by a flower vase, on an ovoid spreading stepped base applied with foliate and floral swags and with a beaded edge, on leaf-tip-cast circular feet
24in. (61cm.) high, 11in. (28cm.) wide
Circa 1775
Of lyre form, with a circular white-enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapters, and days of the month, within a surround inset with paste brilliants, the skeletonized movement with twin going barrels, countwheel strike on a bell and pin-wheel escapement, the pierced case cast with beaded husk trails and oak leaf swags surmounted by a flower vase, on an ovoid spreading stepped base applied with foliate and floral swags and with a beaded edge, on leaf-tip-cast circular feet
24in. (61cm.) high, 11in. (28cm.) wide