LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH SILVERED AND GILT-METAL MANTEL CLOCK FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
Late 19th Century
The cylinder movement striking on a single bell, with gilt-metal chapter-ring, inscribed R.Stewart, Paris, enclosing a roundel engraved and beaten with a mountainous landscape, in beaten Chinese style case, applied with insects and foliage, the shaped solid handle cast with a dragon, the sides mounted with Buddhistic lion mask handles, on four supports modelled as crouching chinamen
12in. (30.5cm) high
Late 19th Century
The cylinder movement striking on a single bell, with gilt-metal chapter-ring, inscribed R.Stewart, Paris, enclosing a roundel engraved and beaten with a mountainous landscape, in beaten Chinese style case, applied with insects and foliage, the shaped solid handle cast with a dragon, the sides mounted with Buddhistic lion mask handles, on four supports modelled as crouching chinamen
12in. (30.5cm) high