French Louis XVI Lyre Clock

French Louis XVI Lyre Clock

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French Louis XVI Lyre Clock with time and strike movement and a 4 1/2″ floral decorated convex porcelain dial with seconds and quarters numbered 3623. The mock gridiron pendulum simulates the strings of a lyre and a ring of paste brilliants encircle the dial and are part of the pendulum. The hands also form as a lyre. The clock is white marble and decorated with a gilt metal floral garlands and torches. Clock is running at this time.

(The initials on the movement are non legible.)

24″ T x 9 1/2″ W