France, for Mitchell, Vance and Co., New York, a spectacular table clock in the form of a knights helmet, constructed of sheet copper, the chased ground finished in patinated silver, and festooned with repousse ornament, the decoration consisting of trailing vines and leaves, satyr masks, dragons, armorial trophies, and each side with a scene probably depicting Richard II meeting with the rebels during the Peasants Revolt of 1381, the various forms further enhanced by the application of gold, the visor opening to reveal a clock, with Roman numeral cartouches on a pale yellow enamel ground, blued steel hands, the hour in the form of a battle axe, and 8 days, time and strike movement with lever platform, striking on a coiled gong, all resting on a conforming, brass trimmed griotte marble base, c1890