extensive tortoise and brass inlay with ormolu mounts, pediment with classical and mythological figures, central [putti] holding lute and implement, face with enameled blue and white registers, pendulum with [faux] mercury, 1958 repair note, French, early to mid 19th century, 36 x 17-1/4 x 7 in. Extensive losses to tortoise and brass inlay, replacement pendulum with crack in one glass, lacking portion of torch in right hand of female figure on pediment, possibly lacking other implements being held by [putto]. Provenance: Private Collection, South Carolina.
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