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A CHARLES X BRONZE AND ORMOLU AUTOMATON PORTICO CLOCK
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the case in the Gothic taste with toupie feet and foliate-capped plain columns, the pediment cast with Gothic arches and with foliate ormolu finial to the ogee moulded roof-top, foliate and trefoil cast bezel to the silvered Roman dial with blued moon hands and rosette cast centre, the grotto fountain below with simulated water twisted glass emanating from a dolphin head within a Gothic arch and with independent going barrel movement, the twin barrel movement with anchor escapement and silk-suspended pendulum, countwheel strike on bell
16½in. (42cm.) high
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the case in the Gothic taste with toupie feet and foliate-capped plain columns, the pediment cast with Gothic arches and with foliate ormolu finial to the ogee moulded roof-top, foliate and trefoil cast bezel to the silvered Roman dial with blued moon hands and rosette cast centre, the grotto fountain below with simulated water twisted glass emanating from a dolphin head within a Gothic arch and with independent going barrel movement, the twin barrel movement with anchor escapement and silk-suspended pendulum, countwheel strike on bell
16½in. (42cm.) high