A FRENCH EMPIRE SMALL ORMOLU LYRE-SHAPED MANTEL TIMEPIECERIEUSSEC, PARIS, EARLY 19th CENTURY The circular eight-day single train movement with anchor escapement regulated by disc bob pendulum incorporating silk suspension and stamped RIEUSSEC. H;GER DU ROI, 92 to the left hand margin of the backplate, the 2.5 inch circular slightly convex white enamel Roman numeral dial inscribed Rieussec, H'GER DU ROI to centre, with blued steel moon hands set within gilt engine-milled ropetwist bezel, the case modelled as a lyre with foliate and anthemion cast decoration to the twin uprights centred with simulated strings beneath palmette crest to the centre of the superstructure, on oval section plinth base incorporating lappet leaf decoration to top mouldings and festoon leaf mounts to waist, on disc-turned feet; now with a glass dome cover and wooden stand.The clock 24cm (9.5ins) high, 10cm (4ins) wide, 6cm (2.375ins) deep; the dome and stand 29cm (11.5ins) high.Rieussec is recorded in Tardy DICTIONNAIRE DES HORLOGERS FRANCAIS as working from Rue du Marche-Pallu, Paris, 1804-12, then Rue Neuve des Petits champs in 1815 before becoming Rieussec and Fils in 1830.