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CIRCA 1800
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A French ormolu-mounted white-marble portico mantel clock
Circa 1800
The circular white-enamelled Roman dial signed Ceillier à Chalons within a drum case with a drapery apron, the movement with silk-suspended sunburst pendulum and outside countwheel strike on a bell, surmounted by a floral vase with fruit and foliate scrolls, flanked by two floral vases, on spreading pilasters with foliate pierced mounts, on a rectangular stepped base centred by a conforming mount, on spreading feet
49cm. high x 26cm. wide x 8.5cm. deep
Circa 1800
The circular white-enamelled Roman dial signed Ceillier à Chalons within a drum case with a drapery apron, the movement with silk-suspended sunburst pendulum and outside countwheel strike on a bell, surmounted by a floral vase with fruit and foliate scrolls, flanked by two floral vases, on spreading pilasters with foliate pierced mounts, on a rectangular stepped base centred by a conforming mount, on spreading feet
49cm. high x 26cm. wide x 8.5cm. deep
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