This is a fine quality 8 day mantel clock by the most famous and celebrated French clockmaker and inventor Achille Brocot (1817-1878). The stunning case is gold plated on solid brass and has a beautiful porcelain dial and inset panel finely hand enamelled in delightful colours with birds butterflies and cherry blossom. The case is stamped to the base with factory numbers that correspond to the painted numbers on the reverse of the porcelain panel. The movement is stamped with the Brocot mark and its identifying numbers which also correspond to the pendulum showing it to be the original. The movement has been fully overhauled and keeps excellent time, running for eight days and striking a lovely tone on a bell on the hour and half hour. The Paris retailer is marked to the dial and the clock has adjustable feet for levelling purposes.Achille Brocot was a French clockmaker, mathematician and inventor. Brocot patented several improvements in clock design and invented the ''Brocot Suspe...