Empire vase clock in gilt bronze. Baluster-shaped body with strongly curved swan handles over a square base with raised palmettes in relief. Profile-framed, unmarked. Enamelled dial marked à Paris. Pendulum movement with thread suspension and half-hour strike on bell. Gilding rubbed off. H. 40 cm. A French gilt bronze Empire mantle glock. Gilding rubbed. Strikes half hour on a bell. France. Circa 1810.