A Napoleon III gilt-bronze and white marble striking mantel clock the drum-shaped case cast with drapery and surmounted by a pile of books, flanked by the figure of a reclining amorino reading, the oval base with beaded border mounts and berried leaf gallery and foliate cast scroll feet, the white painted Roman dial with Arabic five minutes, signed A PARIS, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell, stamped on the backplate for RAINGO FRERES and numbered 181 -- 18½in. (47cm.) wide

A Napoleon III gilt-bronze and white marble striking mantel clock the drum-shaped case cast with drapery and surmounted by a pile of books, flanked by the figure of a reclining amorino reading, the oval base with beaded border mounts and berried leaf gallery and foliate cast scroll feet, the white painted Roman dial with Arabic five minutes, signed A PARIS, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell, stamped on the backplate for RAINGO FRERES and numbered 181 -- 18½in. (47cm.) wide
See Colour Illustration (Plate 3)