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Stock No: MC852
A very fine quality mid to late 19th century French turquoise blue porcelain and gilt bronze mantle clock garniture with jewelled panels, the rectangular Louis XVI-style bow ended case with vase surmount above two porcelain pilasters and a painted porcelain panel with two winged
putti, the base section with further a jewelled panel together with a pair of side cassolettes of ovoid form with reversible tops to be used as a candlestick holder one way round or as a decorative top the other way above original mercury gilded gilt bronze rams masks, the bodies painted with putti and landscapes on square mercury gilded bases, the French mid 19th century signed and numbered movement striking the hours and half hours on a bell, the 3.5 inch jewelled porcelain dial with cartouche numerals, circa 1880 Clock 14" x 8" x 5"Cassolettes 10" high
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