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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 70191, member: 25"]It does look like alabaster but could be marble. Alabaster is easy to scratch, marble is not, so a scratch test in a discreet place such as underneath would establish which it is. Marble is more valuable than alabaster. I'd say that it's a bit later, possibly 1900. A picture of the movement would help. A picture of the dial with the glass open would make the writing easier to see, as would a larger picture. About 800 pixels across would be better.</p><p><br /></p><p>Certainly French. </p><p><br /></p><p>Clock values have declined a lot for this type of fancy clock in the last 20 years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 70191, member: 25"]It does look like alabaster but could be marble. Alabaster is easy to scratch, marble is not, so a scratch test in a discreet place such as underneath would establish which it is. Marble is more valuable than alabaster. I'd say that it's a bit later, possibly 1900. A picture of the movement would help. A picture of the dial with the glass open would make the writing easier to see, as would a larger picture. About 800 pixels across would be better. Certainly French. Clock values have declined a lot for this type of fancy clock in the last 20 years.[/QUOTE]
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