A gilt-bronze mounted malachite veneered mantle clock, Russian/French, circa 1825

3½-inch gilt dial with engine-turned centre and floral bezel, the movement with silk suspension and outside count wheel striking on a bell, the arched case veneered in richly coloured and well figured stone, the front inset with a finely painted enamel scene of the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, the base with a stylised floral border and mask feet,

34cm. 13¼in. high