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a louis philippe ormolu-mounted ebonised portico mantel clock
The circular engine-turned dial with roman chapters, within a scrolling bezel cast with masks, birds and dragons, surmounted by a stepped top mounted with a harnas issuing scrolling foliage and between spreading columns with stiff-leaf capitals, the stepped base centred by a winged maiden and flanked by foliate scrolls
51cm. high x 25cm. wide x 13cm. deep
The circular engine-turned dial with roman chapters, within a scrolling bezel cast with masks, birds and dragons, surmounted by a stepped top mounted with a harnas issuing scrolling foliage and between spreading columns with stiff-leaf capitals, the stepped base centred by a winged maiden and flanked by foliate scrolls
51cm. high x 25cm. wide x 13cm. deep