An Alabaster Mantel Clock/Alabaster Mantel Clock

Gilt bronze case decorated with a figure of a young man reading a letter, white enamel dial with Roman numerals. Alabaster base with gilt bronze decorations. Eight-day movement with anchor step and half-beat bell. Blackened wooden plate. France, 19th century, height 40 cm, length 43 cm. Glass shard missing.Condition 2

Gilt bronze case decorated with a figure of a young man reading a letter, white enamel dial with Roman numerals. Alabaster base with gilt bronze decorations. Eight-day movement with anchor step and half-beat bell. Blackened wooden plate. France, 19th century, height 40 cm, length 43 cm. Condition 2, An ormolu metal case, flanked by a standing young man figure reading a letter, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals. The alabaster base with a gilded bronze mounts. The clock is having an anchor escapement, the eight-day movement striking the hours and half hours on a bell. Wooden ebonised plinth. A French 19th century, height 40 cm. length 43 cm. Glass dome missing.Condition 2