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A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted jasperware mantel clock
The circular white-enamelled Arabic dial inscribed Parins, within a drum case containing the movement with silk-suspended sunburst pendulum and outside countwheel striking on a bell surmounted by an urn with foliage and a flower swags, flanked to either side by Wedgwood plaques within an oval, above pilasters terminating in a jasperware portrait medallion, on hairy feet, the shaped plinth base on toupie feet, restorations
49.5cm. high x 34cm. wide x 10.5cm. deep
The circular white-enamelled Arabic dial inscribed Parins, within a drum case containing the movement with silk-suspended sunburst pendulum and outside countwheel striking on a bell surmounted by an urn with foliage and a flower swags, flanked to either side by Wedgwood plaques within an oval, above pilasters terminating in a jasperware portrait medallion, on hairy feet, the shaped plinth base on toupie feet, restorations
49.5cm. high x 34cm. wide x 10.5cm. deep