French mantel clock, gilt and patinated bronze and polished black slate, with dark patinated figure of a sitting Cupid, holding a gilt bird in his cupped hands, his bow and quiver to his left and gilt foliage to his right, the polished black slate base

French mantel clock, gilt and patinated bronze and polished black slate, with dark patinated figure of a sitting Cupid, holding a gilt bird in his cupped hands, his bow and quiver to his left and gilt foliage to his right, the polished black slate base with a gilt bronze section cast with egg and dart, acanthus and modified anthemion ornament, 8 day, time and strike, pendule a Paris movement, silk thread suspension, recoil escapement and count wheel striking, Roman numeral white enamel dial signed "Pommier a Luneville", bezel is removed by rotating until two pins line up with notches that release them, and blued steel Breguet style hands, c1830 Black slate with some flakes and chips, some metal finishes restored, time and strike trains functional, bell nut replaced, hands with minor rust, dial with one faint hairline at 8:00, Ht 20" For a nearly identical example, see Tardy, "La Pendule Francaise", volume II, p. 233