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CIRCA 1880
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A Viennese giltmetal and enamel timepiece
Circa 1880
Surmounted by a cherub walking beside a panther, above an oblong case, centred by a white enamel dial with lever escapement, flanked to each side by lion mask handles, supported by four scroll caryatid figures each with paw feet, on a rectangular spreading base, the underside inscribed FRANZ HIESS & SHNE WIEN, with four satyr feet
6 in. (17 cm.) high
Circa 1880
Surmounted by a cherub walking beside a panther, above an oblong case, centred by a white enamel dial with lever escapement, flanked to each side by lion mask handles, supported by four scroll caryatid figures each with paw feet, on a rectangular spreading base, the underside inscribed FRANZ HIESS & SHNE WIEN, with four satyr feet
6 in. (17 cm.) high