GRANDFATHER CLOCK, TOUS LES LOUIS, FRANCE CIRCA 1860 A gilt and patinated bronze grandfather clock, 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 double rows of decorations, a young girl sits leisuredly on the rock concealing the machine, waving a fan in her hand. Silver-plated metal dial with Roman numerals, Breguet-style burnished steel hands, 15-day movement with hour and half-hour chime on a bell, with part-wheel, wire suspension. Pendulum and winding key absent. H 39 cm, W 30 cm, D 10.5 cm TOUS LES LOUIS PENDULUM CLOCK, FRANCE, CIRCA 1860