A 19th century French gilt bronze figural mantel clock in the Empire taste


formed as a recumbent maiden reclining on a cushioned chaise longue above a 3.75, enamel Roman dial with outer Arabic quarter markers, on stylised leaf and fruiting moulded plinth base, raised on toupie feet, the brass twin train movement with silk suspension and outside countwheel striking on a bell, with pendulum and key, 35cm high
|See Elke Niehuser, French Bronze Clocks, pub. Schiffer, for a similar clock dated to circa 1805, p.217.