A French gilt-brass and porcelain panelled mantel clock: the...
A French gilt-brass and porcelain panelled mantel clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a gong wth the backplate stamped J.W.B. within an oval for the retailer J.W. Benson of London along with the serial number 28244, the porcelain front panel painted with a depiction of a classical figure within a Middle-Eastern setting watching an interior fountain and incorporating the dial with black Arabic hour numerals and blued steel moon hands, the side-panels finely painted with further classical scenes depicting females within courtyard and balcony settings, the rectangular brass case with a moulded base standing splayed feet, with the top surmounted by a brass urn, height 53.5cm.
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A French gilt-brass and porcelain panelled mantel clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a gong wth the backplate stamped J.W.B. within an oval for the retailer J.W. Benson of London along with the serial number 28244, the porcelain front panel painted with a depiction of a classical figure within a Middle-Eastern setting watching an interior fountain and incorporating the dial with black Arabic hour numerals and blued steel moon hands, the side-panels finely painted with further classical scenes depicting females within courtyard and balcony settings, the rectangular brass case with a moulded base standing splayed feet, with the top surmounted by a brass urn, height 53.5cm.
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