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A white marble and ormolu skeleton timepiece
the ormolu palmette-cast lyre frame with displayed eagle cresting, suspending the gridiron pendulum to the inverted anchor escapement of the single chain fusee movement with star-pierced plates, gilt chapter ring with raised polished Roman numerals against a stipple ground and with pierced gilt hands, on white marble waisted oval socle base with ormolu mount of confronting swans, and on milled toupie feet, English or French, possibly early 19th century -- 17¾in.(45cm.), on circular ebonised base and under glass dome
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the ormolu palmette-cast lyre frame with displayed eagle cresting, suspending the gridiron pendulum to the inverted anchor escapement of the single chain fusee movement with star-pierced plates, gilt chapter ring with raised polished Roman numerals against a stipple ground and with pierced gilt hands, on white marble waisted oval socle base with ormolu mount of confronting swans, and on milled toupie feet, English or French, possibly early 19th century -- 17¾in.(45cm.), on circular ebonised base and under glass dome
See Front Cover Illustration