Bidspirit auction | Bronze mantel clock ”The Reader”

Bronze mantel clock ”The Reader” - France, 19th century, signed SCHÜLLER A PARIS - Green marble and gilded bronze case with base, surmounted by a gilded bronze reading female figure.  Circular dial with Roman numerals signed  ”Schüller a Paris”, movement with wire suspension, pendulum regulator and hour and half-hour chime on bell. Original model designed by J.A.Reiche in 1805. Height x width x depth: 32 x 28.5 x 13.5 cm.      Item condition grading: **** good. (Ref. ”Encyclopédie de La Pendule Fraçaise” by Pierre Kjellberg” Pag 398 -  “French bronze clocks” by Elke Niehüser pag.86 ft 132-133).