A white marble Louis XVI style clock garniture, later 19th century, with maker's mark for A.D Mougin, the portico clock with a drum head and an enamel dial with Arabic numerals, pairs of columns trimmed with cast festoons and surmounted by an urn and side finials with bursting fruits and flowers, raised on a shaped base and petite toupie feet, with key and sunburst finial; with conforming side vases, height 43 cm, width 28 cm, depth 13 cm
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- Finial - An architectural decoration, found on the upper parts of of an object. On furniture they are usually found on pediments, canopies and shelf supports. On smaller ceramic or silver items, such as spoons, they may decorate the top of the item itself, or the lid or cover where they provide a useful handle for removal.
Finials have a variety of shapes and forms. They may be urn-shaped, baluster shaped round or spiral, but usually taper into an upper point. Many real life shapes may also be used as finials, such as pineapples, berries, pinecones, buds, lotus and acorns. Sometimes animals such as a lion are depicted, or fish and dolphins.
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