A French black marble mantel clock and tazze garniture, 1870s, the movement by L. Marti et Cie, also marked Hersant, Paris, bell striking, the two-part enamelled Roman numeral dial with exposed brocot escapement in a drum-head case raised on volutes flanking a glazed panel showing the Ellicott-type pendulum, on a moulded plinth base, with francia rosso marble details throughout, the pair of tazze conforming, height 45.5 cm. Width 38 cm. Depth 16 cm (clock)