AN ORMOLU FIGURAL STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK DEPICTING 'MERCURY'
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY GERMAN
Modelled with Mercury, a bale of cotton or tobacco and a cornucopia, on oval plinth base, white enamel dial, eight day twin barrel movement, silk suspension, countwheel strike on (later) bell; pendulum, winding key; on ebonized plinth
35 cm. high (clock)
AN ORMOLU FIGURAL STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK DEPICTING 'MERCURY'
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY GERMAN
Modelled with Mercury, a bale of cotton or tobacco and a cornucopia, on oval plinth base, white enamel dial, eight day twin barrel movement, silk suspension, countwheel strike on (later) bell; pendulum, winding key; on ebonized plinth
35 cm. high (clock)
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