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A Louis Philippe ormolu-mounted ebonised portico clock
The rectangular stepped top centred by flowerheads surrounded by scrolling foliage, supported by four columns centred by the circular Roman dial signed DERCKS A D..., within a foliate bezel, the twin-going barrel movement with outside countwheel strike on a bell, the gridiron pendulum cast with swans and scrolling foliage, on a stepped plinth with bell-shaped feet
50.5cm. high x 27cm. wide x 16cm. deep
The rectangular stepped top centred by flowerheads surrounded by scrolling foliage, supported by four columns centred by the circular Roman dial signed DERCKS A D..., within a foliate bezel, the twin-going barrel movement with outside countwheel strike on a bell, the gridiron pendulum cast with swans and scrolling foliage, on a stepped plinth with bell-shaped feet
50.5cm. high x 27cm. wide x 16cm. deep