A LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK Paris, dated 1889

with a scantily clad brown-patinated putto kneeling on a blue Turquin marble column mounted with flower garlands and holding aloft the clock case, the clock with a black and polychromed enamelled dial, the base signed A. Rapin 1889, the twin train movement impressed L.F. and numbered 5723.

Overall in good condition. The casting of the bronze is of very good quality, well detailed and crisp. Original gilding. No sratches or chips to dial. With a bell and an associated key.
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