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Mr. William Randolph HEARST St Donat's Castle Llantwit Major South Wales. July 9th 1931 Brought forward............Frs 162.000 8.602 A carved stone mantel. French work of th XVIIth century. This mantel shows an architectural com- position, the fire-place being surmounted by a panel in a frame-work setting with cherub heads at the upper angles. In the centre - a corbel also decorated with cberub heads. On each side -two pilasters with Corinthain capitals. On the fronton - a shield with coat-of-arms. Height: 11' 3"1/4 Width: 5' 3"1/2 Depth: 1' 2"4/5 This mantel comes from Moriq s/Mer, Vendée (France). It was in a castle having belonged to admiral de la Tremoille whose arms are seen on the fronton of the mantel. Price.............Frs 70.000 12.459 A Niederwiller porcelain clock with a revolving dial. French work of the Transition period (Louis XV - Louis XVI) The body of this clock is in the form of a vase with a medallion, in front and back, showing river and landscape scenes on a blue background. The handles are formed by masks representing woman's heads, from which are suspended garlands in the form of flowers. The cover is decorated with white acanthus leaves on a blue background. Height: 15" Price............[[underline]] Frs 75.000 [[/underline]] Total............Frs 307.000 [[double line]] [[underlined]](Three hundred and seven thousand francs)[[/underlined]]