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A Louis XVI style white marble and gilt-metal mounted lyre clock the lyre-shaped case with radiant mask cresting with swag mount below, with spiral-twist mounts to the borders and on stepped oval base with bun feet, the mock gridiron pendulum with knife-edge suspension terminating in a moving paste gem set bezel to the white enamel Arabic dial painted with floral swags, with gilt-metal lyre hands, the twin barrel movement with strike on bell, stamped 40125 on the backplate, French, 20th century -- 14in. (36cm.) high
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