A fine Regency period bronze and ormolu mantel timepiece in the French ‘Rustique’ taste.

The 3-inch circular gilt brass engine turned dial with Roman numerals and pierced gilt foliate hands is set within the trunk of a chased bronze tree. On its branches are three gilt singing birds and to the left there is a bronze winged cherub holding a sling in one hand and an arrow on the other. They, along with the cupid’s quiver, are placed on a stepped gilt metal rectangular base supported by four gilt metal bun feet. There is a floral frieze mount to the front panel.

The small round plated ‘timepiece’ movement has a single fusee going train and is signed Baetens, London on the front plate.

Height: 10 ½ in (26.5 cm)

Width: 7 in (17.5 cm)

Depth: 3 ½ in (9 cm)

* F. Baetens is listed on page 32 in Brian Loomes’ Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World: 21^st Century Edition. He was active in the 1820s and 1830s and is well known as one of the most important makers of English bronze and ormolu clocks in London. 

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