An early 19th century French ormolu cased mantel clock with eight day movement striking on a bell via an outside countwheel with silk suspension, the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals and inscribed ‘Mme. Gentilhomme, Palais Royal à Paris’, the case modelled with a classical youth standing beside a lyre and another stringed instrument, on a rectangular base and bun feet, height 45cm, with pendulum. Provenance: from the estate of a Sussex gentleman.