"Crystal And Bronze Fireplace Surround "
Cut crystal and gilt bronze mantelpiece. Consisting of a vase-shaped clock with two volute handles bearing in its center a gilt bronze and enamel dial surrounded by a frieze of gilt bronze roses.
At the back the dial is held by a screw ending in a flower bud.
The clock is accompanied by a pair of cut crystal Medici vases mounted on gilt bronze and mounted on cubic bases.
Height 34.5cm
Work around the mid-19th century.
Wear to the gilding.
The vases each have a hair in the crystal that is very barely visible.
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