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A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted imitation tortoiseshell and brass-inlaid striking bracket clock
The dial with foliate scrolled centre with musical instruments, with individual white-enamelled Roman cartouches, the movement with twin going barrels and four back-pinned pillars, anchor escapement and outside countwheel strike on a bell above, the case of waisted form with tortoiseshell ground, applied with foliate ormolu mounts, surmounted by a bell-shaped top and a figural finial of Minerva, restorations
94.5cm. high
The dial with foliate scrolled centre with musical instruments, with individual white-enamelled Roman cartouches, the movement with twin going barrels and four back-pinned pillars, anchor escapement and outside countwheel strike on a bell above, the case of waisted form with tortoiseshell ground, applied with foliate ormolu mounts, surmounted by a bell-shaped top and a figural finial of Minerva, restorations
94.5cm. high
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