A Directoire ormolu and Carrara marble portico mantel clock by Lepine, the eight day brass cased drum movement with an outside countwheel and striking on a bell, with a silk suspension, the backplate inscribed and numbered 'Lepine her du Roy Paris no. 4163', the white enamel dial signed and by Barbichon, with Roman hours and Arabic minutes and days, inscribed with the days of the week, signed 'Lepine H.GER DU ROI' and 'Place des Victoires no.12', with pierced and scroll hands and steel calendar hands, the impressive temple case with chased and gilded bronze mounts, with an eagle surmount above six urns of flowers with a gallery supported by Corninthian columns hung with laurel swags with two female figures representing Justice and Fortitude flanking war trophies, the breakfront base with inset tablets of scrolling leaves and further trophies on a separate plinth base, 73cm high, 49.3cm wide.
A Directoire ormolu and Carrara marble portico mantel clock by Lepine, the eight day brass cased drum movement with an outside countwheel and striking on a bell, with a silk suspension, the backplate inscribed and numbered 'Lepine her du Roy Paris no. 4163', the white enamel dial signed and by Barbichon, with Roman hours and Arabic minutes and days, inscribed with the days of the week, signed 'Lepine H.GER DU ROI' and 'Place des Victoires no.12', with pierced and scroll hands and steel calendar hands, the impressive temple case with chased and gilded bronze mounts, with an eagle surmount above six urns of flowers with a gallery supported by Corninthian columns hung with laurel swags with two female figures representing Justice and Fortitude flanking war trophies, the breakfront base with inset tablets of scrolling leaves and further trophies on a separate plinth base, 73cm high, 49.3cm wide.
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