A Napoleon III, French, gilt bronze and porcelain mantel clock. The urn surmount with floral and hung with chains, above a circular porcelain dial, with acanthus scroll sides, the inverted breakfront base with scroll inset panels on toupie feet. The front and sides inset puce painted porcelain panels in a ‘Wateauesque‘ style. The Vincenti eight day movement with brocot suspension striking the hour & half hour on a bell, numbered 1830. Original two tone matt & burnished gilding.
The porcelain panels signed to reverse ‘Morel Carpentier 1831’
Circa 1860
French