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A French burr-walnut and gilt-bronze mounted striking mantel clock and garniture, circa 1900
The lyre case with radiant mask cresting and foliate cast swags, with beaded and stiff leaf mounts, with conforming ornament to the spreading oval base with toupie feet, the off-white enamel Arabic dial painted with floral swags, pierced gilt-metal criss-cross hands and signed Planchon au Palais Royal, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell, stamped on the backplate PLANCHON PALAIS ROYAL and 3616 -- 17½in. (44.5cm.) high; and the pair of three-light candelabra en suite modelled as bouquets issuing from vases -- 17in. (43cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 2) (3)
The lyre case with radiant mask cresting and foliate cast swags, with beaded and stiff leaf mounts, with conforming ornament to the spreading oval base with toupie feet, the off-white enamel Arabic dial painted with floral swags, pierced gilt-metal criss-cross hands and signed Planchon au Palais Royal, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell, stamped on the backplate PLANCHON PALAIS ROYAL and 3616 -- 17½in. (44.5cm.) high; and the pair of three-light candelabra en suite modelled as bouquets issuing from vases -- 17in. (43cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 2) (3)