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A French gilt-bronze striking mantel clock, mid 19th century
The waisted case elaborately cast with rocaille, with figure of Neptune to the top and a triton riding a seahorse below, the base with lattice work sides and modelled as a grotto, the backplate painted with a scene of a ship beside a light house, the engine-turned and silvered Roman dial with steel moon hands, the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell
17in. (45cm.) high
The waisted case elaborately cast with rocaille, with figure of Neptune to the top and a triton riding a seahorse below, the base with lattice work sides and modelled as a grotto, the backplate painted with a scene of a ship beside a light house, the engine-turned and silvered Roman dial with steel moon hands, the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell
17in. (45cm.) high