FRANCE, Époque Empire-Restauration. Chased and gilded bronze lyre-shaped clock with swan-neck ends, the strings topped by a bust of Apollo, resting on two winged griffins facing each other. Applique decoration of garlands of palmettes and foliage. Dial decorated with an openwork rosette, showing the movement, formed of palmettes and flowers, and encircled by a frieze of florets, white enamel pastille hour markers with black-painted Roman numerals for the hours. Mechanical movement with key winding. Wire suspension. Resting on a quadrangular base with four galette feet featuring an applied motif of horns of plenty on the front and winged thunderbolts on the sides. 48 x 20.5 x 12 cm. Patina wear, accidents and missing parts, notably the hands, key and pendulum.