A FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED SPELTER MANTEL CLOCK IN LOUIS XVI STYLE LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH...

A FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED SPELTER MANTEL CLOCK IN LOUIS XVI STYLE

LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY

the brass drum eight day movement with a lever escapement and an outside countwheel striking on a bell, the backplate stamped '85958...', the white enamel dial decorated with swags of flowers, with Arabic numerals and pierced gilt hands, the bezel applied with paste faux diamonds, the fluted column case surmounted by a winged cherub playing a flute

27.3cm high