High-quality Charles X Period Carved Alabaster Clock With A Wheel-shaped Enamel Dial And Bronze

A rare and beautiful early 19th-century Charles X mantel clock, carved from natural alabaster, with a front ornament depicting reading and the torches of fame. An elegant winged woman, dressed in classical style, sits on a draped sphere, reading a large book in her lap. This important library piece is both understated and ornamental. The clock rests on a base with four molded and sturdy turned feet, chamfered with a frieze of stylized acanthus leaves. The sides feature torches of knowledge tied with a ribbon. The beautiful dial has Roman numerals in a wheel shape, encircled by a gilt bronze guilloché band. At the base are ornaments of mistletoe leaves with fruit and small flowers in a sheaf. The center is also in guilloché bronze, and the hands are blued steel. It strikes the hours and half-hours, and its pendulum mechanism is a Parisian movement. This beautiful Parisian clock, with its understated elegance, is a true decorative asset in a tasteful "Neoclassical" style. It is a high-quality, highly decorative piece, sold serviced and in working order, with key, bell, and pendulum.