A Directoire ormolu and white marble mantel clock J.J. Schmidt à Carlsruhe, late 18th century

10.5-cm enamel dial signed Joh. Jacob Schmidt à Carlsruhe, fine pierced gilt hands, flat bottomed anchor movement with countwheel bell striking, silk suspended pendulum, drum case surmounted by a flower urn and two shell mounts to the sides, brickwork white marble support with applied mask and flanked by two griffins, the whole mounted on a rectangular marble plinth raised on four turned feet