Antique and unusual automaton water clock in the form of a Gothic Revival public fountain. The case with Gothic theme through out is in original ormolu ( not yet cleaned). The centre of the clock has the figure of the Madonna and child surrounded by clouds. Below them is the face of a cherub from which flows the water. The water flows into the original crystal glass trough which is encased in gothic ormolu tracery. On the base is an applied mount of a Bishop's crook, a palm frond and a cross. The four feet are quite superb heads of winged putti. The dial is surrounded by a bezel of star points and is of silvered bronze with blued steel Breguet hands. The movement I an 8 day stiking movment striking the hours and halves on a bell and the clock is regulated by a silk suspended pendulum. The water automaton is powered by a separate movement in the base. France circa 1835-40. 20 inches high by 8 inches wide by 5 inches deep ( 50 cm by 20 cm by 12.5 cm)