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an empire ormolu mantel clock
The pedestal case flanked by Bacchus in classical dress, a glass in one hand, a club with trailing vine in the other pedestal case, and surmounted by a ewer and a panflute containing the silk-suspended pendulum and outside countwheel striking movement, on rectangular plinth applied with a wreath flanked by cornucopiae and scrolling foliage
43cm. high
The pedestal case flanked by Bacchus in classical dress, a glass in one hand, a club with trailing vine in the other pedestal case, and surmounted by a ewer and a panflute containing the silk-suspended pendulum and outside countwheel striking movement, on rectangular plinth applied with a wreath flanked by cornucopiae and scrolling foliage
43cm. high