A LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK
BY HOUDEBINE ET CIE, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Surmounted by a flower-filled urn, above the case with floral-painted and jewelled enamelled dial signed signed 'Hri Houdebine/Ft des Bronzes', supported on a fluted column fronted by a relief cast plaque depicting Cupid, flanked to each side by a classically robed nymph, the shaped base richly mounted with a cartouche to the front and urn-topped corbels to the sides, the movement with retailer's inscription for 'Camerer Cuss & Co'
39½ in. (100 cm.) high; 24½ in. (62 cm.) wide; 10 in. (26 cm.) deep
A LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK
BY HOUDEBINE ET CIE, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Surmounted by a flower-filled urn, above the case with floral-painted and jewelled enamelled dial signed signed 'Hri Houdebine/Ft des Bronzes', supported on a fluted column fronted by a relief cast plaque depicting Cupid, flanked to each side by a classically robed nymph, the shaped base richly mounted with a cartouche to the front and urn-topped corbels to the sides, the movement with retailer's inscription for 'Camerer Cuss & Co'
39½ in. (100 cm.) high; 24½ in. (62 cm.) wide; 10 in. (26 cm.) deep