A French mantel clock of Louis XV style, the movement with outside count wheel striking on a single bell, stamped G.F,85, the white enamel dial with blue Roman and black Arabic numerals, inscribed Clermont, Rue De Choiseul, 25, Paris, pierced gilt-metal floral cast hands, in gilt-bronze case, the breakfront pediment surmounted by an acanthus-cast oval urn with ram's head handles joined by a ball chain, the downswept lid cast with harebells and fruiting foliage, the dial flanked by fluted acanthus-cast scrolls draped with flowering swags, the shaped rectangular brass base cast with bands of laurel and acanthus on foliate-cast tapering circular feet, the feet stamped with the letter C, 19th Century, 20¾ins (52.5cm) wide

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A French mantel clock of Louis XV style, the movement with outside count wheel striking on a single bell, stamped G.F,85, the white enamel dial with blue Roman and black Arabic numerals, inscribed Clermont, Rue De Choiseul, 25, Paris, pierced gilt-metal floral cast hands, in gilt-bronze case, the breakfront pediment surmounted by an acanthus-cast oval urn with ram's head handles joined by a ball chain, the downswept lid cast with harebells and fruiting foliage, the dial flanked by fluted acanthus-cast scrolls draped with flowering swags, the shaped rectangular brass base cast with bands of laurel and acanthus on foliate-cast tapering circular feet, the feet stamped with the letter C, 19th Century, 20¾ins (52.5cm) wide