Description: Item/Description: Hand-painted porcelain mantle clock depicting courtship scene. Bronze mounted, gilt embellishments. Two Corinthian columns on each side of a hand-painted scene depicting two figures in a garden, the dial with a hand-painted cherub / cupid. Case marked "Made in France" and artist signed "Petit" for 19th-century French ceramicist Jacob Petit (1797-1868). Beveled glass crystal. Included key marked: E.N. Welch / MF'G. Co. (Time Piece, Sevres Style)

Material: Porcelain, bronze

Dimensions: Length: 11 1/4"; Width: 5"; Height: 10"

Condition: Crazing, wear to paint, gilt. Top mount is partially loose.

Age: 19th Century

Provenance: Private Estate

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Buyers premium: 18%