Directory, Paris ca. 1800, designed by the bronzier
Jean-Simon Deveberie (1764-1824).
Dark patinated and partially gilded bronze. Figure of a huntress with bow and arrows, sitting on the cylindrical clock case, a turtle at her feet, a panther crouching behind the figure.
Glass eyes. Arched base, decorated with palmettes, exotic birds and leaf frieze. On paw feet and rectangular marble plinth. White enamel dial with Roman numerals. Parisian movement with bell strike every half hour.
42×10.5×58 cm.
Comparative bibliography:
P.G. Chabert, La pendule au "Nègre": Saint-Omer, Musée de l'Hotel Sandelin, exhibition catalog, 1977, pp. 28-29 no. 16;
P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la pendule francaise du
Moyen Age au XX siecle, Paris 1997, p. 351;
J-D. Augarde, Une Odyssée en pendules. Chef-d'oeuvre de la Collection Parnos-sia, Vol. II, Dijon
2022, pp. 416-421 no. 111
