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a french bronze and ormolu mantel clock
The case modelled as a globe gilt painted with stars, supported on the shoulders of a bronze Atlas figure, the spreading circular plinth cast with an acanthus gallery and with milled border, on later porto marble plinth with bun feet, the white enamel Roman dial with Arabic quarters, pierced gilt-metal hands, within beaded and leaf cast bezel, the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell, basically 19th Century, associated
51cm. high
The case modelled as a globe gilt painted with stars, supported on the shoulders of a bronze Atlas figure, the spreading circular plinth cast with an acanthus gallery and with milled border, on later porto marble plinth with bun feet, the white enamel Roman dial with Arabic quarters, pierced gilt-metal hands, within beaded and leaf cast bezel, the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell, basically 19th Century, associated
51cm. high