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A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE LYRE SHAPED SWINGING MYSTERY CLOCK the case with swagwork and acanthus leaf mounts on a moulded oval base with decorative borders and bun feet. The drum white enamel convex Arabic dial joined by painted swags fronting an eight-day spring-driven movement with half hour and hour strike on a bell. The swinging outer ring diamantine pendulum and the bell are missing. (51cm high)