A FRENCH ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK

A FRENCH ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK

RETAILED BY F. BARBEDIENNE, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

the brass eight day drum movement striking on a bell, the backplate with a Japy Freres pastille and numbered '5239', the enamelled dial with blue Roman and black Arabic numerals and inscribed 'F.BARBEDIENNE A PARIS BOUL.D POISSONNIERE 50', the case with a flower bud finial and flanked by a pair of female busts above a pair of doves and a quiver of arrows, with its original pendulum

40.5cm high, 30cm wide, 16.5cm deep