Details
A Louis XVI style gilt-metal mounted white marble striking lyre clock
the lyre-shaped case with beaded and swag mounts, with radiant mask cresting, on stepped oval base with bun feet, the gridiron pendulum with knife-edge suspension terminating in a moving paste gem set bezel to the white enamel Arabic dial painted with floral swags and with pierced gilt-metal criss-cross hands, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell, stamped 49667 to the backplate, French, late 19th/early 20th century -- 19¼in. (49cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 3)
the lyre-shaped case with beaded and swag mounts, with radiant mask cresting, on stepped oval base with bun feet, the gridiron pendulum with knife-edge suspension terminating in a moving paste gem set bezel to the white enamel Arabic dial painted with floral swags and with pierced gilt-metal criss-cross hands, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell, stamped 49667 to the backplate, French, late 19th/early 20th century -- 19¼in. (49cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 3)