Object Description
A Charles X Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Mantel Clock.
The dial signed ‘Ritter Aîné à Rouen’,
The case surmounted by a seated figure of Mars holding a scroll marked ‘Marathon’, seated on a cushioned throne with lion-paw feet, below him is a circular dial relief-cast with laurel and Roman numerals, all atop a spreading plinth with acanthus issuing a leaf-cast swag and supported on scroll decorated apron and feet, the dial signed ‘Ritter Aîné à Rouen’, the movement with original silk suspension and marked to the back ‘médaille d’or Paris 1827’
French, circa 1827