c.1810 Large French Ormolu, Patinated and Marble Mantle Clock.
Mantle /
Period French
Inv. #: P135
Circa: 1810
Price on request
Case
The substantial well-cast and finished ormolu and patinated case depicts Cupid standing beside his bow and a female maiden clad in flowing drapery and holding the handle of a broken urn. The whole is surmounted by a spouting water fountain and supported by a variegated verde antico marble base with bun feet.
Dial
The fine white porcelain dial has black Roman numerals for the hours, cast ormolu hands and is signed 'a Paris'.
Movement
The eight-day time and strike movement has the fast slow out the front, count-wheel striking on a bell, a flat bottom and still retains the original silk-thread suspension.
