AN EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK of architectural form with stepped moulded flowerhead cast rectangular cornice above a frieze centred by a floral and arrow mount and a band of flowerheads, the circular silvered roman-chaptered dial in an acanthus and egg-and-dart cast bezel, with outside count wheel strike-on-bell movement and compensating pendulum stamped Cleret 2864, between four composite columns and on a stepped lotus-edged plinth base centred by a foliate mount