*VASE HANGER in gilt bronze, patina and white marble. The movement is contained in an antique-style vase decorated with ram heads holding garlands of flowers and fruit. Enameled rotating cartouches with Arabic and Roman numerals. Pine-cone handle. The pedestal with channels on an antique-style fluted column base. A Cupid figure in the round on the side of the clock, his quiver on the ground. On a rectangular base with foliage scrolls and turret feet. Napoleon III period Height: 53 cm; Width: 34 cm; Depth: 17 cm (accidents and restorations)

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