A FRENCH EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK

A FRENCH EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

the brass eight day drum movement with an outside countwheel, silk suspension and striking on a bell, the enamelled dial with black Roman numerals and inscribed 'a Paris', in a faux bois plinth with a winged blacksmith forming arrows on an anvil, the base with a panel of cherubs beside a beehive flanked by trophy appliques

40.5cm high, 33.5cm wide, 10cm deep

Provenance

The Charrington Family Collection, Winchfield House, Hampshire.