Small Silver And Onyx Clock In Its Leather Case

Solid silver desk clock with onyx base, striking the hours and half-hours. The dial with Roman numerals and snake-shaped hands is carried by two putti emerging from the clouds. A third putti, revealing the dial, illuminates the hours with a torch. The putti are in the round, and numerous decorative motifs such as rose garlands, quivers and clouds are finely chased. The clock rests on an onyx base embellished with decorative silver motifs and terminating in four feet.The table clock is presented in a leather case embellished with gold and marked with two coats of arms with fleur-de-lys. This work is characteristic of the Louis XVI style that developed in the second half of the 19th century. Work from the second half of the 19th century. Mechanism in working order.
Title mark: Minerva's head. From 1838.
Master goldsmith's mark: MB.
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