A Victorian parcel-gilt silver mantle clock, Smith & Nicholson, London, 1864

A Victorian parcel-gilt silver mantle clock

Smith & Nicholson, London, 1864

the shaped-rectangular wood base supporting the four winged sphynx feet, the body with rosettes and scroll work beneath rams heads, surmounted by a bust of Socrates, the movement stamped for Miroy Frères, Paris and numbered 425,

height 38cm., 15in.