French figural mantle clock, c. 1900, a male scholar, pen and book in hand, seated upon a stool next a circular Renaissance style case with claw feet, books bound by a ribbon at the case top, one book titled Le Cid (a 1636 play by Pierre Corneille, France 1606-1684), the case houses the time and strike clock works stamped Japy Freres (France), on a stepped black slate base with adjustable feet, 20″h, 22.25″w, 7″d, 60lbs
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