LE ROY HORLOGER DU ROI, GILT PATINATED BRONZE PENDULUM CLOCK WITH FLUTE 1790 An elegant gilt and patinated bronze pendulum clock, depicting an Orphic scene with Orpheus, intent on playing the flute, and animals listening to him spellbound. Underneath, supported by a rocky base, two gushes of spring gush out. The entire sculptural group is supported by a plinth adorned with a bas-relief with the wheels of the zodiac, centred by dragon's wings White enamel dial with Roman numerals, signed at the bottom Le Roy horloger du Roi, in Paris, movement with hour and half-hour strike on bell, wire suspension, to be overhauled. Pendulum present key absent. H 55 cm, W 46 cm, D 16 cm LE ROY CLOCK DU ROI, PATINATED GILT BRONZE PENDULUM CLOCK WITH FLUTE CIRCA 1790