19TH C. FRENCH GILT DESK CLOCK, FLOWER BASKET FORM

French, 19th century. A gilt metal desk clock in the form of a floral and foliate bouquet, resting inside a woven basket; accented by enameled butterflies, beetles, glass beads displaying as berries all; surrounding a silvered roman numeraldial with a beetle form pendulum and resting under a glass dome. Apparently unmarked. Approx: h. 9.75", 6.25", d. 4.25".
Condition Report: Minor gilt and enamel loss present, one "berry" is missing, chips to rim of glass dome, clock has not been tested.