Very Rare Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Sevres Bleu Celeste Porcelain Lyre Clock

Maker: Joseph Dieudonne Kinable.
Dialmaker: Richard Symes. George Tupman repair mark.
Case: The exceptional lyre-form 'bleu torquoise' porcelain case has finely painted polychrome floral garlands on white grounds along the base and stem and is adorned with exceptionally detailed and finished ormolu mounts that include beaded edges, floral swags and a large sunburst featuring Apollo.
Dial: The finely lettered white porcelain dial has black Roman numerals for the hours, gilt Arabic ten-minute marks, finely engraved and chased hands, is signed on the reverse by the dial maker, 'R Symes' and is signed on the front, 'Kinable'.
Movement: The 8-day time and strike double fusee flat bottom movement has a dead-beat escapement, rack striking, an inscribed repair mark, 'Tupman, 1848', and strikes on a bell. The grid-iron pendulum is suspended above by knife-edge, has a screwed beat adjustment off the crutch, a beaded ormolu ring surrounding the dial and a lenticular bob at the back that is adjusted for fast/slow.