A FRENCH EARTHENWARE ROCOCO STYLE MANTEL CLOCK

A FRENCH EARTHENWARE ROCOCO STYLE MANTEL CLOCK, late 19th century, the single barrel movement by Marti et Cie striking the hour and half hour on a gong, the 3 3/4" dial with black painted Arabic numerals centred by a river landscape with a chateau, the waisted case painted by Petit with Venus and Cupid in landscape, the sides and back with gilded panels of musical trophies and scrolls on a cobalt blue ground, the whole with cast gilt metal rococo scrolling foliate mounts, signed, impressed 1018, 17 1/2" high overall (Illustrated)