A French Louis XV style ormolu mounted Sevres style bleu do roi porcelain lyre mantel clock The dial bearing a signature for Kinable, Paris, circa 1900 The circular two train eight-day bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by ornamental pendulum with crutch engaging the base of the disc-bob swinging behind the plates with the backplate stamped 25142, the circular white enamel Arabic numeral dial inscribed Kinable, AParis, Made in France to the concentric repeating floral garland painted centre, with Arabic five minutes to outer track and fine pierced and engraved gilt brass lyre hands set behind hinged convex glazed gilt brass bezel, the deep cobalt-blue glazed porcelain case in the form of a lyre with surmount cast as a sunburst mask concealing pendulum suspension to apex over spiral-twist bordered floral-spray decorated frame enclosing visible 'gridiron' pendulum shaft terminating with a paste-set circular ring surrounding the dial moving in sync with the pendulum swing, on swept oval socle further decorated with husk swags, rope-twist borders and floral trails over toupe feet, 38.5cm (14ins) high. The current lot is a finely executed revival piece styled after the original larger examples made during the latter years of the 18th century. The name 'Kinable' to the dial mimics that for the Louis XVI period clockmaker, Dieudonné Kinable; an original example by Kinable is in the Royal Collection and is illustrated in Jagger, Cedric ROYAL CLOCKS on page 130.