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CIRCA 1840
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A Louis Philippe bronze and Siena marble mantel clock
Circa 1840
the case surmounted by the allegorical figure of a classically robed maiden wearing a floral garland, shown leaning over and pensively contemplating a slate and scrolls, a lyre to the side of the case, the circular gilt bronze engine milled dial signed Galle Paris, within a serpent modelled glazed bezel above a gallery of stiff-leaf ornament, on a rectangular plinth with further conforming gallery, with paw feet, the movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on a bell, with pendulum and key
25½in. (64.5cm) high
Circa 1840
the case surmounted by the allegorical figure of a classically robed maiden wearing a floral garland, shown leaning over and pensively contemplating a slate and scrolls, a lyre to the side of the case, the circular gilt bronze engine milled dial signed Galle Paris, within a serpent modelled glazed bezel above a gallery of stiff-leaf ornament, on a rectangular plinth with further conforming gallery, with paw feet, the movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on a bell, with pendulum and key
25½in. (64.5cm) high
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