GRAND MANTEL CLOCK
"AU TEMPLE D'EGYPTE"
In burnished bronze and finely chased and mercury-gilded bronze. White enamel dial with Roman numeral hours and Arabic numeral minutes, signed Thomas à Paris.
Exquisite mounts and applications depicting a bull, sphinxes, a falcon, emblems of Horus and canopic jars, and the god Osiris on the pinnacle. France. Period: Directory. Dimensions: HxWxD: 62.5x35x15 cm.
A similar model adorned the apartment of the King of Rome, son of Napoleon I and Marie Louise.
