SAILOR CLOCK in chased and gilt bronze, with a circular white enamelled dial with Roman hour markers, set in a cotton bale, flanked by a marine ink and a young sailor hoisting a sail on a boat. Octagonal base decorated with a barrel, oars, ropes and sea anchor, standing on four feet. Restoration period. H. 46 x W. 36 x D. 14 cm. Bibliography: P. Kjellberg, "Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française", ed. L'Amateur: a clock of similar composition dated from the first third of the 19th century is reproduced on p. 431.