An Empire ormolu, patinated bronze and griotte marble mantel clock, Jean-Francois Deniere, Paris, circa 1820

4¼-inch gilt dial signed Deniere Fabt. de Bronzes, the movement with silk suspension and outside count wheel striking on a bell, the case with scroll top and a mount depicting the arts, flanked by two seated studious putti looking at a map representing the North Sea and White Sea, with the surrounding regions of Lapland, Kola, etc, the stepped plinth with acanthus moulding and scroll feet,

65cm. 25¼in. high