GRANDFATHER CLOCK, TOUS LES LOUIS, FRANCE CIRCA 1860 A grandfather clock in gilded bronze and richly ornamented according to the 19th-century French taste of 'tous les Louis', an imaginative and historicist revival of Ancien Régime ornamentation. Supported by a virtuoso base with six rows of ornaments, a young girl sits lezily on the rock concealing the machine, waving a tambourine in her hand. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, gilded bronze hands, 15-day movement with hour and half-hour chime on bell, with part-wheel, wire suspension. Pendulum present, winding key absent. H 46 cm, W 33 cm, D 10.5 cm A GILT MANTEL PENDULUM CLOCK, 'TOUS LES LOUIS', FRANCE CIRCA 1860