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A Napoleon III gilt-bronze and white marble mantel clock
the case with arched top surmounted by the figures of a male and a female amorino reading a book, his arm around her shoulders, with foliate pierced mounts to the front within a lanceolate leaf border, flanked by fluted sides with fruiting swag mounts, on shaped breakfront plinth base with foliate cast toupie feet, the white enamel dial within a beaded bezel with blue-painted Roman and Arabic chapters and pierced gilt-metal hands, with signature for J.B. MARCHAND RUE RICHELIEU 59, repeat signature on backplate to the twin going barrel movement with strike on bell -- 15¼in.(39cm.) wide
See Colour Illustration (Plate 4)
the case with arched top surmounted by the figures of a male and a female amorino reading a book, his arm around her shoulders, with foliate pierced mounts to the front within a lanceolate leaf border, flanked by fluted sides with fruiting swag mounts, on shaped breakfront plinth base with foliate cast toupie feet, the white enamel dial within a beaded bezel with blue-painted Roman and Arabic chapters and pierced gilt-metal hands, with signature for J.B. MARCHAND RUE RICHELIEU 59, repeat signature on backplate to the twin going barrel movement with strike on bell -- 15¼in.(39cm.) wide
See Colour Illustration (Plate 4)