A monumental mid 19th century French mantel clock by Vittoz for Bigelow, Kennard & Co.

Vittoz, a Paris, for Bigelow, Kennard & Co., a monumental mid 19th century bronze mantel clock, featuring an exotic female figure with shell necklace, bracelets and patterned skirt, a woven carrier on her back with a small child, a bag to her right with pineapple, and a monkey about to steal her harvest, signed, gilt dial with roman numeral white enamel cartouches and gold painted hands, all on a gilt and patinated base ornamented with banana leaves, gilt banana clusters, pineapples, and other fruits, the corners with seated monkeys consuming various produce, and with a snake and lizard emerging from the harvest bounty, with 8 day, two train pendule de Paris movement striking the hour and half hour on a bell, the back plate marked within an oval "B.K &C."