A most attractive French Empire library clock of a child sitting upon a stool reading. The clock sits upon four beautifully decorated ormolu bun feet. The base is a ring of ormolu , again very beautifully decorated. The main body of the clock is a patinated bronze reeded and truncated column. The top of the column is an ormolu platform on which the curly headed child sits reading a book. The dial is set into the column and is a beautifully decorated gilt bronze dial with engine turning. The hands are of blued steel and are of the Brguet moon form. The movement is of 8 day duration striking the hours and halves on a bell. The timekeeping is regulated by a silk suspended pendulum. France circa 1821. 15 inches high by 8.5 inches wide (38 cm by 21 cm).