222 - Louis-Philippe-era PORCH CLOCK in blackened wood with light wood marquetry featuring a design of seashells, palmettes, floral scrolls, and gilded bronze

Louis-Philippe-era PORCH CLOCK in blackened wood with light wood marquetry featuring a design of seashells, palmettes, floral scrolls, and gilded bronze The white enamel dial features Roman numerals for the hours and a railway-track minute scale, set within a bronze bezel The Brocot suspension movement, signed JAPY Frères (needs servicing), complete with its gong and a compensation pendulum decorated with a rosette of flowers and fruit and two cupids holding a garland of flowers The base is adorned with a godron molding Dimensions: 43 x 22 x 12 cm (decor on the base is missing; minor wear on the blackened wood) On an oval base of rosewood veneer with light wood inlays, blackened wooden legs, and under a 19th-century glass dome