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A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted white and black marble portico clock
the drum-shaped case with spherical surmount and flambeau finial flanked by foliate scrolls and with swag-tied floral sprays below, suppoerted on cylindrical columns with ball finials, on inverted breakfront base with toupie feet, the white enamel Roman dial with Arabic five minutes and pierced gilt-metal criss-cross hands, the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell, signed to the backplate Antoine Francois No 991 à Paris -- 18¾in. (47.5cm.) high
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the drum-shaped case with spherical surmount and flambeau finial flanked by foliate scrolls and with swag-tied floral sprays below, suppoerted on cylindrical columns with ball finials, on inverted breakfront base with toupie feet, the white enamel Roman dial with Arabic five minutes and pierced gilt-metal criss-cross hands, the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell, signed to the backplate Antoine Francois No 991 à Paris -- 18¾in. (47.5cm.) high
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