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EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT LATER
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AN AUSTRIAN RED MARBLE, PATINATED BRONZE AND ORMOLU MOUNTED TIMEPIECE MANTEL CLOCK
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT LATER
Surmounted by a bronze and gilt eagle, with white enamel dial, formerly with grande sonnerie movement, now with English rear-wound timepiece with lever escapement
14½ in. (36 cm.) high; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) wide; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) deep
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT LATER
Surmounted by a bronze and gilt eagle, with white enamel dial, formerly with grande sonnerie movement, now with English rear-wound timepiece with lever escapement
14½ in. (36 cm.) high; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) wide; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) deep
Provenance
Bought by Charlotte, Countess Spencer (1835-1903), wife of John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer, from Lambert's of Cockspur Street for £13.
Literature
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), Althorp, Furniture, Vol. I, circa 1937 and later
Special notice
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