| A late 19th Century French timepiece carriage clock with gilt mask dial. Polished rectangular brass movement with going barrel. Gilt platform with club foot lever escapement, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring, polished steel regulator. Off white enamel chapter with Arabic numerals,
decorative frosted gilt mask of a plain gilt ground, blue steel hands. Lacquered polished brass case with similar masks at the top and base of each side. Fluted cast square columns, turned finials and feet. Glazed sides and hinged rear door, glazed rectangular aperture to reveal the platform, folding fluted cast handle.
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