A Louis XVI ormolu and grey marble striking mantel clock, on milled toupee feet, the oval marble base with three inset panels set with ribbon-tied fruiting foliate mounts, case on stepped platform with chequered engraving with the figures of Louis XVI and cupid flanking the drum-head case garlanded with a laurel wreath and surmounted by books with crown and sceptre atop, the white enamel Roman and Arabic dial signed Lepaute H. ger du Roi, well formed ormolu trefoil hands, the twin going barrel with silk suspension and outside count wheel strike on plain backplate