AN EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK Emblematic of the punishment of infidelity, the clock with white- enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapters, the rectangular plinth-shaped case with stepped anthemion-decorated cornice, above a frieze inscribed 'L'INCONSTANCE PUNIE', the bas-relief with Cupid blindfolded by Venus, flanked by tapering foliated columns surmounted by open-winged swans, in front the Classical figures of a warrior with his dog and a woman seated on a klismos chair clipping the wings of a dove in front of a burning tripod torchère, on a stepped rectangular base, the frieze with torchères and winged putti holding butterflies linked by floral swags, on bun feet 21½ in. (54.5 cm.) high; 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK Emblematic of the punishment of infidelity, the clock with white- enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapters, the rectangular plinth-shaped case with stepped anthemion-decorated cornice, above a frieze inscribed 'L'INCONSTANCE PUNIE', the bas-relief with Cupid blindfolded by Venus, flanked by tapering foliated columns surmounted by open-winged swans, in front the Classical figures of a warrior with his dog and a woman seated on a klismos chair clipping the wings of a dove in front of a burning tripod torchère, on a stepped rectangular base, the frieze with torchères and winged putti holding butterflies linked by floral swags, on bun feet 21½ in. (54.5 cm.) high; 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep
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