A Louis XVI style ormolu bronze figural clock, mid 19th century, the figure of a writer upon a rocky support with a pierced bocage and enclosing the enamel dial with Roman numerals, a white marble plinth below encased in a pierced neoclassical base with acanthus scroll feet, central crest and dog's head mask, with key and pendulum, height 44.5 cm, width 34 cm, depth 14 cm