Late 19th century AD. A large gilt-brass mantle clock with romantic figure of a warrior standing resting his left arm on his helmet perched on a rock-pile with shield leaning against it, picket fence to the rear; the figure wearing armour and a surcoat, sword in its scabbard, holding an axe in his right hand; circular hole to the rear plate with revealing clock movement by '[CHAR]LES PICKARD & AD PUNAT' of Paris, numbered '855' and with a stamped roundel 'Medaille d'Argent' and '48'; holes to the front to accept a name plate(?); the base with baroque ornament including scrolled tendrils and a shield with leaves supporting. 5.3 kg, 49.5cm (19 1/2"). Property of a Guernsey collector; acquired in the UK in the early 1990s.