Antique French Louis XVI ormolu mounted white and grey marble mantel clock. The case with surmount modelled as a vase of flowers above leafy side scrolls and festoon husk cast swag beneath dial, raised on rectangular section uprights applied with leafy mounts flanked by further slender inverted baluster uprights and with sunburst mask pendulum swinging between, on lozenge-outline platform base inset with further leafy mounts to borders and with cast feet The eight-day outside countwheel bell striking movement with silk suspension and circular white enamel convex Arabic numeral dial inscribed Ant Martin, a Paris in puce to centre, with gilded bronze hands and within hinged gilt bead-cast glazed bezel. 16.5 inches high 11 inches wide and 4.5 inches deep ( 42.5 cm by 27.5 cm by 11.25 cm). An Antoine Thomas Martin is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Paris circa 1788.