A fine and large early 19th century French Empire gilt bronze and verde antico mantel clockThe movement numbered 9360, the dial signed 'A Paris'.The case depicting a Bacchante holding a bunch of grapes aloft, reclining on a couch raised on twin rams hoof supports, on a stepped marble plinth, the signed 4 inch white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with matching gilt hands, the movement with flat-bottomed plates, silk suspension and outside countwheel striking on a bell height 51cm; width 50cm; depth 18cm注脚Provenance: Purchased at Hotel Drouot, Paris, circa 1999.Comparative literature:Kjellberg 'Encyclopedie de la pendule Francaise'. 1997, page 402, Fig C.