An imposing French Napoleon III gilt bronze sculptural cartel clock, circa 1860

22-cm enamel dial with Roman numerals, bearing the signature Martinot A Paris, foliate pierced and engraved gilt hands, countwheel bell striking Vincenti movement with Brocot escapement, elaborate gilt bronze shaped case surmounted by Cupid with a chariot on clouds in front of a sunburst, scrolls and leaves to the sides, Father Time on clouds below the whole terminating in a foliate scroll