EMPIRE STYLE GILT ORMOLU FIGURAL CLOCK

Empire DORE bronze French clock. Circa 1840, Cupid sits atop the clock holding a mirror for a classically dressed woman, his bow and arrows and jug of wine below, panel with griffins below the dial all on a plinth with a row of dancing putti, supported on claw-and-ball feet, engine-turned bezel around the 4 1/2-in. enameled roman numeral dial marked "Griebel Rue Vivienne No. 13," large unmarked time and countwheel strike movement with silk thread suspension, 19 inches high. Estimate $4.000-5.000