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A champlevé enamel and gilt-bronze mounted mantel clock and garniture
the rectangular case in the chinoiserie taste with column uprights to the angles, the raised domed top supported on scroll mounts with dragon head terminals, the finial modelled as a stork, the circular Roman dial above a foliate pierced and cast bombé base, on caparisoned elephant mask feet, the movement with countwheel strike on bell -- 21½in. (54.5cm.) high; and the pair of side urns en suite -- 14in. (35.5cm.) high; French, late 19th century
See Colour Illustration (Plate 2)
the rectangular case in the chinoiserie taste with column uprights to the angles, the raised domed top supported on scroll mounts with dragon head terminals, the finial modelled as a stork, the circular Roman dial above a foliate pierced and cast bombé base, on caparisoned elephant mask feet, the movement with countwheel strike on bell -- 21½in. (54.5cm.) high; and the pair of side urns en suite -- 14in. (35.5cm.) high; French, late 19th century
See Colour Illustration (Plate 2)