IN THE LOUIS XV STYLE, CIRCA 1860
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A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted 'Boulle' and ebonised mantel clock and pedestal
In the Louis XV Style, Circa 1860
The mantel clock surmounted by a figure of a cherub, above a shaped case with a circular brass dial-plate and twelve enamel numeral plaquettes, the twin-train movement with a countwheel strike on a bell, above a shaped base mounted with a figure of Chronos reclining, on a rectangular plinth; the pedestal of square tapering form with a black marble top, above a waisted neck, flanked to each side by a caryatid figure, the front and sides inlaid with a foliate cut-brass inlay, on plinth base, both associated
The clock: 36¼ in. (92 cm.) high The pedestal: 48¼ in. (123 cm.) high (2)
In the Louis XV Style, Circa 1860
The mantel clock surmounted by a figure of a cherub, above a shaped case with a circular brass dial-plate and twelve enamel numeral plaquettes, the twin-train movement with a countwheel strike on a bell, above a shaped base mounted with a figure of Chronos reclining, on a rectangular plinth; the pedestal of square tapering form with a black marble top, above a waisted neck, flanked to each side by a caryatid figure, the front and sides inlaid with a foliate cut-brass inlay, on plinth base, both associated
The clock: 36¼ in. (92 cm.) high The pedestal: 48¼ in. (123 cm.) high (2)