A French onyx and black marble mantel clock

AFTER VULLIAMY, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A French onyx and black marble mantel clock
After Vulliamy, late 19th century
In the Egyptian revival taste, the stepped case incised and heightened in gilt with pseudo hieroglyphs, mounted with winged panthers to the sides and surmounted by a sphinx, the Arabic dial inscribed MONDIRE, CLERMONT-FERRAND, the twin train movement striking a gong
20in. (51cm.) wide

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