"Cage Pendulum In Marble And Gilt Bronze"
Important very decorative mantelpiece with its temple-shaped architecture. in red marble with four round columns, ornamented with Empire decoration such as rosettes, swans and palmettes. At the top rests a large and magnificent eagle with outstretched wings finely chiseled in gilded bronze. and has a glazed cage with a gilded brass frame. Equipped with a front and rear door. Dial composed of a disc in white enamel and in the center of a medallion in gilded bronze. Mercury pendulum. Napoleon III period in the Empire style. Original mechanism without modification, hours and half-hours strike on gong. Dimension of the clock height 50 cm width 28 cm depth 14 cm dimension of the cassolettes height 41 cm width 12 cm WILLTON ANTIK