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PROBABLY GERMAN, 19TH CENTURY
Details
Two polychrome-decorated figural watch-stands
Probably German, 19th Century
One with a beaded bezel flanked by a figure of Neptune holding a trident and with a nereid at his feet, on a later plinth base, and a pocket watch - 40cm. high; The other with a case with canted angles and a beaded bezel flanked by a seated figure of father time, on an associated moulded plinth base, previously with a scythe - 27cm. high (3)
Probably German, 19th Century
One with a beaded bezel flanked by a figure of Neptune holding a trident and with a nereid at his feet, on a later plinth base, and a pocket watch - 40cm. high; The other with a case with canted angles and a beaded bezel flanked by a seated figure of father time, on an associated moulded plinth base, previously with a scythe - 27cm. high (3)
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