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16 March 2026
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French, large ormolu figural clock, Amphitrite, wife of Neptune, in a classic pose petting her goose, who is often depicted pulling her across the waves in a shell boat. With a bell strike silk thread movement, bearing only the number 287, 8-day, c.1830.
the fgures would have originally been gilded, now polished mostly to brass, with protective lacquer. Still the detail in Amphitrite's hair and facial ...