422.    $225

Japy & Cie gilt metal mantel clock, ca. 1860.  A large and impressive gilt and black marble mantel clock with bronze figures, 20.5 inches high.  The ornamental metal has been nicely touched up with gold paint but the bronze figures look original, a girl next to the clock with a dove on her hand and small child in the center of the base.  Nice gilding on the marble panels in the base.  A topmost fern leaf has been broken off the top.  The dial is porcelain without flaws, there is no bezel or glass.  The minute hand is a well-matched replacement.  The pendule de Paris has a count wheel for the strike, dating it to pre-1880; there is a medal stamp at the bottom dated to 1855.  It is running and striking on the hours and half-hours.  French key included.  $250-$400.