A Louis XVI ormolu and white marble mantel clock, Claude Mathieu, Paris, circa 1785

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A Louis XVI ormolu and white marble mantel clock, Claude Mathieu, Paris, circa 1785

4½-inch enamel dial with annular date and signed C Mathieu A Paris, finely pierced and engraved gilt hands, the movement withy silk suspension and star-cut outside count wheel striking on a bell, flat bottomed plates, the case surmounted by a ribbon-tied laurel trophy above floral and foliate mounts, the bow-fronted base on turned feet

height 45cm, width 31cm, depth 13cm