A Charles X ormolu portico mantel clock case, the flat top with stiff-leaf cast cornice above applied figures of hippocampiae, the circular white enamel Roman and Arabic dial signed Thiery à Paris, the bezel applied with winged female figures blowing horns, flanked by fluted column uprights, the plinth decorated with masks and griffins, the movement lacking -- 17¼in. (43.8cm.) high.

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A Charles X ormolu portico mantel clock case, the flat top with stiff-leaf cast cornice above applied figures of hippocampiae, the circular white enamel Roman and Arabic dial signed Thiery à Paris, the bezel applied with winged female figures blowing horns, flanked by fluted column uprights, the plinth decorated with masks and griffins, the movement lacking -- 17¼in. (43.8cm.) high.
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