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English Mantel Clock with Automata

Unknown

London, circa 1785

Desription

English mantel clock in an attractive ebonized case with fire-gilt caryatids on the sides, decorative fire-gilt swags along the bottom with scroll feet. In the arch there is an automaton scene of figures on a colonnade. Eight-day movement strikes the hours on a bell and activates the automaton scene.

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