A large French Charles X bronze and Siena marble sculptural mantel clock, circa 1830

10-cm gilt dial with Roman numerals and patinated centre, gilt Breguet hands, bezel with signs of the zodiac, countwheel bell striking anchor movement with silk suspended pendulum marked for Pons, Siena marble case with bronze mouldings surmounted by wreaths and a book with a well cast and chiselled bronze classical lady reading, rectangular base with patinated bronze acanthus moulding raised on flat feet