A French ormolu mantel clock in Orientalist taste
A French ormolu mantel clock in Orientalist taste, first half 19th century, the eight-day bell striking movement now with Brocot pendulum regulation with silvered Roman numeral dial; the clock mounted on a body cast as an elephant, with a putto holding a cup reclining atop its lambrequin hung saddle, on a Louis XV style mount with scrolling foliate feet, 25 cm high, 22 cm wide, 11 cm deep
Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and use,
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A French ormolu mantel clock in Orientalist taste, first half 19th century, the eight-day bell striking movement now with Brocot pendulum regulation with silvered Roman numeral dial; the clock mounted on a body cast as an elephant, with a putto holding a cup reclining atop its lambrequin hung saddle, on a Louis XV style mount with scrolling foliate feet, 25 cm high, 22 cm wide, 11 cm deep
Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and use,