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A gilt-brass striking carriage clock
the shaped case with Corinthian columns to the angles, the silvered Arabic dial with blued spade hands within gilt-metal mask, the movement with silvered platform to the lever escapement, with strike/repeat on gong to backplate, French, late 19th/early 20th century -- 6½in. (16cm.) high, in leather case
See Colour Illustration (Plate 4)
the shaped case with Corinthian columns to the angles, the silvered Arabic dial with blued spade hands within gilt-metal mask, the movement with silvered platform to the lever escapement, with strike/repeat on gong to backplate, French, late 19th/early 20th century -- 6½in. (16cm.) high, in leather case
See Colour Illustration (Plate 4)