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A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted white marble lyre clock
the lyre-shaped frame surmounted by an Apollo mask sunburst embellished with laurel swags, on stepped oval socle base with ribbon-tied mounts and on toupie feet, the white enamel Arabic dial signed Thomas Hger. du Roi with finely pierced and chased hands within a beaded bezel, the twin going barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell, knife-edge suspended gridiron pendulum -- 19½in. (49.5cm) high
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the lyre-shaped frame surmounted by an Apollo mask sunburst embellished with laurel swags, on stepped oval socle base with ribbon-tied mounts and on toupie feet, the white enamel Arabic dial signed Thomas Hger. du Roi with finely pierced and chased hands within a beaded bezel, the twin going barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell, knife-edge suspended gridiron pendulum -- 19½in. (49.5cm) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate )