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AN EMPIRE-STYLE ORMOLU AND RED MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
Depicting Apollo driving his chariot through the heavens represented by an arch partly mantled in clouds and enhanced with stars and several figures of the Zodiac, the oblong moulded marble base, raised on paw feet and inset with bronze plaque depicting Apollo slaying a bull, the wheel of the chariot forming the dial of the clock, the movement with anchor escapement, rack striking the hours on bell, mid 19th century--29½in. (75cm.) long
Depicting Apollo driving his chariot through the heavens represented by an arch partly mantled in clouds and enhanced with stars and several figures of the Zodiac, the oblong moulded marble base, raised on paw feet and inset with bronze plaque depicting Apollo slaying a bull, the wheel of the chariot forming the dial of the clock, the movement with anchor escapement, rack striking the hours on bell, mid 19th century--29½in. (75cm.) long