A LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MALACHITE THREE-PIECE MANTEL CLOCK AND MATCHED GARNITURE

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A LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MALACHITE THREE-PIECE MANTEL CLOCK AND MATCHED GARNITURE
LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

The shaped case centering a glazed circular dial with Arabic chapters, the movement signed Japy Freres medaille d'Honneur beneath a pierced scrolling pendant surmounted by a seated figure of the enfant Mars, raised on swirling foliate feet--23¾in. (60½cm.) high; together with a pair of urn-form garniture centering a ribbon-tied oval medallion cast with a rose spray flanked by angular handles and classical female masks, on a circular socle above a rectangular pedestal bearing a pierced foliate pendant centered by scrolls headed by ram's heads, on paw feet--20½in. (52cm.) high (3)