France, a large and impressive figural table clock with annular dial, the white marble base with bow front and back, each with a bead molded, blued steel door, mounted with gilt bronze ornaments, composed of a pair of crossed arrows with bowknot, and
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24 October 2024
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dirty, losses to gilding and with some tarnish, scattered specks of verdigris, steel doors reblued with lacquer, marble with a few tiny flakes, a few enamel cartouches with minor hairlines. Movement dirty, running, would benefit from service / cleaning.
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R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts
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France, a large and impressive figural table clock with annular dial, the white marble base with bow front and back, each with a bead molded, blued steel door, mounted with gilt bronze ornaments, composed of a pair of crossed arrows with bowknot, and intermingled leaves and vines, the sides mounted with gilt floral arrangements, and resting on a conforming, cavetto molded plinth, surmounted by two female nudes flanking a central column with triangular base, and supporting an urn with flame finial containing the dial, each figure bearing a torch to "illuminate" the annular display, high quality 8 day timepiece movement with lever platform contained in the base, and linked to the dial through a rod in the column, front plate marked "AC" within an oval, and numbered 174 dirty, losses to gilding and with some tarnish, scattered specks of verdigris, steel doors reblued with lacquer, marble with a few tiny flakes, a few enamel cartouches with minor hairlines. Movement dirty, running, would benefit from service / cleaning.
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