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The clock by Crosnier Horlogers du Roy, Paris; circa 1860-1873
The base modelled as a snarling beast, the head turned to its left with bulging eyes and open jaws revealing sharp fangs beneath fierce yellow eyebrows, its spine ending in a bushy tail, the body caparisoned with a saddle finely detailed with auspicious bats and chimes above crashing waves, all supporting a cylindrical French clock surmounted by a yellow bird with one leg raised, the 2.75in enamel dial signed 'Crosnier a Paris' with Arabic hour and quarter numerals within a dotted minute border, the time read via a pair of pierced brass hands, the French circular movement with spring barrel driving a lever platform escapement with cut and compensated bi-metallic balance, numbered to the backplate 260, the 2.75in silvered barometer dial entitled 'Barometre Aneroide' and marked in French with five weather predictions, further marked with a trademark 'FF' within an oval, with single blued steel hand. 32.5cm (12 3/4in) high.