FRENCH GILT BRONZE AND MARBLE ROTARY PENDULUM MYSTERY CLOCK, BY HENRI-EUGENE-ADRIEN FARCOT LATE 19TH CENTURY with a gilt bronze figure of a classical maiden signed P. Machault, fils, her right arm raised to support a pendulum with a globe bob, on a stepped grey and white veined marble base with a gilt mounts, the cylinder movement with bell strike, the backplate stamped with an anchor and star maker s mark and no. 3024; with an associated giltwood and velvet plinth (34cm wide, 62cm high, 14cm deep) Note: Henri-Eugene-Adrien Farcot (1830-1896) was the most celebrated maker of conical pendulum clocks. He was awarded medals in the International Exhibitions in 1863, 1867 and 1878.