A Louis XVI gilt-bronze and white marble mantel clock, circa 1790

A Louis XVI gilt-bronze and white marble mantel clock, circa 1790

5-inch enamel dial signed Harel à Paris, the bell striking movement with outside count wheel and silk suspension, flat-bottomed plates, the drum mounted within a marble case simulating blocks and flanked by figures of Venus and Cupid, the base inset with a frieze depicting putti playing music, on toupie feet

44cm 17¼in high: 43cm 17in wide