Beschreibung:

A CHARLES X ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK ACQUIRED BY THE DUC D'ORLEANS IN 1826, the scenic plaques painted Rumeau , the border plaques painted by Charles-Antoîne Didier , the circular ring-dial with Roman numerals painted in the centre with a courting couple in a landscape, the foliate-cast bezel set within a rectangular plinth between stiff-leaf-headed demi-columns and surmounted by a Gothic rotunda with balustrade and flaming-finial, the frieze depicting a grotesque-mask issuing scrolled arabesques and between star-studded panelled pilaster-strips surmounted by pointed finials joined by a pierced balustrade, the body with a central arched plaque painted with a nobleman feasting in a domed, vaulted hall with courtiers in attendance, inscribed MIDI ou LE REPAS du milieu du jour , signed and dated Rumeau en 1824 , one side decorated with a monk ringing a church bell with huntsmen outside, inscribed LE MATIN ou LA MESSE avant la chasse , the other with musicians, jugglers and jesters inscribed LE SOIR ou LES AMUSEMENTS d'une soirée , on a foliate gadrooned plinth and strapwork-scrolled entwined seated griffin-supports resting on rectangular pedestals, the porcelain marked with the Sèvres interlaced Ls and inscribed Sèvres 24 beneath a fleur-de-lys, with incised marks Le 12 o 4 , one signed Didier HB (?) 1824. 28.7= , another D , another Di , another N4... no. 8 ...quilliez 71810 , another Le 12oZ , with a later piece of wood to the carcase stamped MADE IN ENGLAND 11¾in. (30cm.) wide; 25½in. (65cm.) high; 6in. (15.5cm.) deep