An onyx and gilt metal figural clock in the Louis XVI style, 19th century, with key, with an enamel dial with Roman numerals set within a drum head surmounted by an urn issuing fruits and produce emblematic of the harvest and autumn and flanked by a young farmer with agricultural tools and a wheat sheaf over his shoulder, raised on a shaped white onyx base with applied ornaments, height 39 cm, width 37 cm, depth 14 cm
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- Emblematic - Serving as a symbol.
- Onyx - Onyx is a form of agate, used from antiquity and popular again in the 1920s and 30s. European onyx is generally green, but can be many other colours, and can contain bands of black and/or white.
This multicoloured stone is widely used for table tops, lamp bases and in jewellery. Some types of onyx are also used for cameos of which the upper white layer is cut away to reveal the colour beneath.
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