A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED MANTEL CLOCK BY J. EDMONDS

A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED MANTEL CLOCK

BY J. EDMONDS, C.1870

in Louis XVI style, the brass drum eight day movement, with an outside countwheel, striking on a bell, the backplate signed 'J. Edmonds a Paris' and numbered '220' and 'RD69', the circular white enamel dial with Roman numerals, signed 'J. Edmonds A Paris', the classical case inset with plaques painted with flowers and a cherub, with an urn and flower surmount above laurel leaf swags and with two cherubs personifying art and architecture, on lion's paw feet

44.6cm high, 35.5cm wide