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A Charles X ormolu mantel clock
The circular white-enamelled Roman dial within an arched case, containing the movement with silk-suspended pendulum and outside countwheel strike on a bell, surmounted by a tazza and flanked by a maiden holding a jug and a glass and flanked by a sceptre with a pineapple finial, above a rectangular stepped base centred by a vase issuing flower-heads and flanked by scrolling and foliate vines, on bun feet, restorations
24.5cm. high x 18cm. wide x 8cm. deep
The circular white-enamelled Roman dial within an arched case, containing the movement with silk-suspended pendulum and outside countwheel strike on a bell, surmounted by a tazza and flanked by a maiden holding a jug and a glass and flanked by a sceptre with a pineapple finial, above a rectangular stepped base centred by a vase issuing flower-heads and flanked by scrolling and foliate vines, on bun feet, restorations
24.5cm. high x 18cm. wide x 8cm. deep
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