A Directoire marble and ormolu striking mantel clock, the case with toupie feet supporting the serpentine plinth applied with ormolu mounts, the columns on black marble bases applied with foliate mounts and with urn finials, glazed bezel to the re-enamelled Arabic dial signed Laurent à Paris, pierced gilt hands, the twin going barrel movement with anchor escapement with silk-suspended sunburst pendulum, countwheel strike on bell on plain backplate