A Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Malachite-Veneered Mantel Clock. The Ormolu circa 1880, the Malachite 20th Century.
The drum-shaped case with musical instrument and floral garland surmount, the enameled dial flanked by ribbon-tied laurel branches, the twin-train movement stamped VINCENTI & CIE/ MEDAILLE D’ARGENT/1855, with Apollo mask and sunburst pendulum, resting on a pair of drapery-covered and tasseled poles supported below by a pair of putti, on oblong base inset with floral chains, on leaf-cast toupie feet.
23 ½ in. (59.6 cm) high;
13 ¾ in. (35 cm) wide;
7 in. (17.7 cm) deep.
CNYAPR2401-258
AC23500
F-790
