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Ormolu mounted Ansonia shelf clock,

painted metal, neoclassical-style with floral swags flanked by full columns with original gilding, scrolled feet, marked on back “Ansonia, New York”, 11 x 10-1/2 x 5-1/2″ Images Click on thumbnails to see larger images:

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FRENCH TORTOISE SHELL AND ORMOLU WALL CLOCK.

FRENCH TORTOISE SHELL AND ORMOLU WALL CLOCK. Height: 15,5″ Condition: Overall condition is good. Sustains no evidence of damage, loss or repair. Tortoise shell veneer sustains overall craquelure. Ormolu mountings sustain no warping, only dirt and some discoloration. Face in good condition. Some dirt accumulation to glass, as expected with age. Very nice piece. Images […]

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French Porcelain Desk Clock with Ormolu

French Porcelain Desk Clock with Ormolu Mounting.Ormolu-mounted cylindrical clock with scrollwork finial, band of hand-painted porcelain around sides of cylinder, white face having cobalt blue Roman numerals with gilt and floral accents, supported by ormolu mounted inverted pyramid form pedestal having hand-painted porcelain panels on three sides, on scroll-footed ormolu base, painted scenes depict winged […]

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A French ormolu figural mantel clock, 19th centur

A French ormolu figural mantel clock, 19th century, A.B. Savory & Son a Paris, the eight-day movement signed to backplate, having 3.25ins enamelled Roman dial with Breguet hands; the case surmounted by a study of Rebecca at the Well upon a rectangular foliate-cast case, on scroll feet, H 43cm W 24cm Images Click on thumbnails […]

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A French ormolu mantel clock, 21ins

A 19th century French ormolu mantel clock, surmounted with figures of Ceres and a putto, and inset with two porcelain plaques of cherubs, 21ins Images Click on thumbnails to see larger images:

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An Empire ormolu mantel clock, the twin

An Empire ormolu mantel clock, the twin train movement striking the half hours on a steel bell, the circular enamelled dial with Roman chapters, enclosed within case cast as a draped table surmounted by an urn with adjacent figure of a classical maiden, seated on a klismos at a table reading, and raised above a […]

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