French Neoclassical Style Gilt-Brass & Painted Porcelain Mantel Clock

Lot description

French Neoclassical style gilt-brass mantel clock, late 19th c., rectangular case with pierced three-quarter gallery and vasiform finials, above fluted columnar posts with Corinthian capitals, centering hand-painted porcelain plaque with figural equestrian scene in forest landscape, Arabic hour markers, time-and-strike movement marked S. Marti, above figural bas-relief frieze, on turned-form feet, accompanied by pendulum, observed operating, would likely benefit from a professional adjustment, approx 12.75"h, 8.25"w, 5.5"d, 12.75lbs