Empire Gilt Bronze Chariot Form Mantle Clock

Empire Gilt Bronze Chariot Form Mantle Clock, by Le Roy a Paris, designed as the figure of Venus in a Chariot of Love, playing with Cupid, the seated figure of the Goddess within an enclosed chariot the cylindrical clock cased below her waist, the chariot with two paw feet to rear, being drawn by swan, on a black marble ovoid base, the front with applied low relief applique showing other gods and goddesses cavorting. The clock face with Roman numeral chapters and Arabic numbers in the quarter hour positions. To the lower end of the face, enamelled, "Le Roy a Paris." Clock works to back with silk thread suspended pendulum, escapement. Works and pendulum not originals. Marks near base of round clock body with "LR 305 KD [sic]. Circa 1900.