IN THE LOUIS XVI STYLE
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A Napoleon III gilt bronze and white marble mantel clock
In the Louis XVI Style
Surmounted by the figure of Cupid, the drum-shaped case supported on a fluted pedestal, tied with drapery and hung with a flower and fruit-filled cornucopiae, the circular white enamel dial with Roman numerals, Arabic minute divisions and foliate-pierced gilt hands, signed Ferdinand Leroy/ HGER DU ROY A PARIS, the twin-train movement with countwheel striking on a bell, on a stepped rectangular white marble plinth, the front inset with a Vitruvian scroll band, on laurel-cast toupie feet
20 in. (50.8 cm.) wide; 24¼ in. (61.5 cm.) high; 10 in. (25.3 cm.) deep
In the Louis XVI Style
Surmounted by the figure of Cupid, the drum-shaped case supported on a fluted pedestal, tied with drapery and hung with a flower and fruit-filled cornucopiae, the circular white enamel dial with Roman numerals, Arabic minute divisions and foliate-pierced gilt hands, signed Ferdinand Leroy/ HGER DU ROY A PARIS, the twin-train movement with countwheel striking on a bell, on a stepped rectangular white marble plinth, the front inset with a Vitruvian scroll band, on laurel-cast toupie feet
20 in. (50.8 cm.) wide; 24¼ in. (61.5 cm.) high; 10 in. (25.3 cm.) deep