Napoleon III clock, ca. 1870

Napoleon III clock; circa 1870.
Gilt bronze and white marble.
Paris movement.
Precise set up.
Measures: 41.5 x 28.5 x 16 cm.
Table clock with a sculptural conception that sits on four chamfered ball feet, with a rounded profile. The bronze legs give way to the marble base, which has a rectangular, cambered profile in the central area. The trapezoid-shaped body is also made of white marble, although it is topped by a bronze structure with vegetal motifs, which frame the black Roman numeral clock case. The upper part of the dial is finished off with bronze ornamentation in the form of scrolls containing sculptures of two young men seated in the rose garden.