A Directoire ormolu with black and white marble striking skeleton clock, the case with rectangular marble plinth and toupie feet applied with foliate frieze mounts, the lyre-form case surmounted by a sun-burst and with ribbon-tied berried laurel wreath around the annular Arabic white enamel chapter ring with milled bezel, well pierced and chased arrow-head hands, visible movement in the dial centre with pierced out front plate, anchor escapement with silk suspended sunburst pendulum, outside countwheel strike on bell on plain backplate