AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK: ORPHEUS PLAYS TO THE ANIMALS

AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK: ORPHEUS PLAYS TO THE ANIMALS
TARAULT, PARIS, CIRCA 1805
CASE: the standing figure of Orpheus playing the flute with attendant salamander, bull, sheep and dog, on a stepped rectangular base with signs of the zodiac mounts and turned feet DIAL: white enamel with inner concentric calendar, pierced and engraved gilt main hands and blued steel date hand signed 'Tarault à Paris Faub. St. honoré' MOVEMENT: twin barrels with recoil anchor escapement, silk suspension and countwheel strike to bell; lacking pendulum
21 in. (53.3 cm.) high; 17¾ in. (45.2 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15.2 cm.) deep