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A Restauration ormolu mantel clock
The circular Roman dial within a rectangular case containing the movement with silk-suspended pendulum and strike on a bell, stamped Inventé Paris par Boussard/no.12, surmounted by a lyre and a laurel and flanked by a musical instrument and Orpheus playing a flute, the rectangular stepped base centred with laurels and musical trophees, above a stiff-leaf border, on scrolling feet
41cm. high x 31cm. wide x 12cm. deep
The circular Roman dial within a rectangular case containing the movement with silk-suspended pendulum and strike on a bell, stamped Inventé Paris par Boussard/no.12, surmounted by a lyre and a laurel and flanked by a musical instrument and Orpheus playing a flute, the rectangular stepped base centred with laurels and musical trophees, above a stiff-leaf border, on scrolling feet
41cm. high x 31cm. wide x 12cm. deep