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CIRCA 1870
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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES-STYLE PORCELAIN 'PENDULE A CERCLES TOURNANTS'
circa 1870
The top modelled as a classical vase with ram's head handles, the lid applied with a serpent indicating the hours on a gold painted blue ground ring, on a cilindrical pedestal flanked to each side by a muse, on a stepped oval plinth base applied with panels decorated with amorini and birds, the eight-day twin barrel movement with platform bimetallic lever escapement, countwheel strike on bell; winding key
41 cm. high
circa 1870
The top modelled as a classical vase with ram's head handles, the lid applied with a serpent indicating the hours on a gold painted blue ground ring, on a cilindrical pedestal flanked to each side by a muse, on a stepped oval plinth base applied with panels decorated with amorini and birds, the eight-day twin barrel movement with platform bimetallic lever escapement, countwheel strike on bell; winding key
41 cm. high
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