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A good first quarter of the 19th century French ormolu-mounted…
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Sydney
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26-Jun-2010
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A good first quarter of the 19th century French ormolu-mounted rouge marble mantel clock in the Egyptian manner, Mesnil, a Paria (sic) the signed 3 inch enamel Roman dial with minute band and Arabic quarter hour marks, with moon hands in a cast bezel, the spring driven movement with tic-tac type anchor escapement to a silk suspended short pendulum, with outside countwheel strike on a bell, all set within a shaped case held by a bare-breasted woman in Egyptian dress, standing in a recess guarded by two lions over elaborate cast ormolu panels of hieroglyphs, all on a semi-circular base, cast with a bronze female Egyptian figure supporting a circular enamelled dial flanked by pilasters with hieroglyphics surmounted by lions. Height 54 cm
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Horology (Clocks & watches): Clocks - Mantle and Shelf