A FRENCH BELLE EPOCHE ORMOLU MOUNTED PORCELAIN URN-SHAPED MANTEL CLOCK The porcelain probably Sevres decorated by G. Poitevin, Paris, circa 1900 The circular eight-day gong striking movement with anchor escapement Brocot type regulation to pendulum suspension and numbered 2 002, 4 8 to backplate, the circular porcelain Roman numeral cartouche dial with polychrome painted floral trail decorated centre, gilt bordered panels around the numerals and gilt brass hands within egg-and-dart surround behind hinged bevel-glazed bezel, the ovoid case with leafy bud finial to the multi-tier foliate cast twin-handled superstructure over cast ribbon-tied crest above the dial set into the porcelain body finely polychrome painted with figures of Classical maidens and trophies emblematic of music and the passage of time to front, the sides with applied gilt female mask handles and the rear with ribbon-tied floral drapery over Amor's bow and quiver to lower margin, on ogee-shaped foot decorated with gilt rococo panels within a salmon lustre field set on a square plinth cast with floral scrollwork and rosette to the concave corners, the porcelain indistinctively signed G. Poitevin. 53.5cm (21ins high); 25.5cm (10ins) wide. Provenance: The property of a private collector, north London. The present lot is signed G. Poitevin most likely for Georges Émile Poitevin, who was one of the most skilled porcelain artists working in the Paris in the second half of the 19th century.