AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH EMPIRE PERIOD GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK
'THE MILKMAID'

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH EMPIRE PERIOD GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK

the case finely modelled as a barn with thatched roof encasing the clock movement, on a plinth base surmounted by an ormolu figure of a milkmaid holding a bowl underneath a cow, with a cockerel and a milk pail beside her, the base with relief cast mounts of various domestic birds including a cockerel, geese, turkey, duck and pigeons, on four pointed feet, the replaced white enamelled dial with Roman numerals, the timepiece movement previously with silk suspension, now with balance wheel escapement,

40.5cm high

The clock is ticking but not fully tested or guaranteed.