Rare Empire figurine pendule as an allegory of trade after a design by the Parisian bronzier Michel Bronze, gilt and partly dark patinated. Fully sculpted, scenic depiction of a coloured sailor, leaning against a large, tied tobacco package. Next to him a rum barrel and a large anchor as an allegory of trade and seafaring. Below a moulded plinth with a thematically corresponding frieze of putti loading and unloading a boat. Profile-framed white enamel dial, inscribed Gustaf Unden. Pendulum movement with thread suspension and half-hour strike on bell. Designed by Michel, c. 1808. H. 36 cm. 29 cm x 9.5 cm. Expertise by Kunsthandel Michael Nolte, Münster 1999. Cf. Ottomeyer/Pröschel, illus. p. 381 and Niehüser, p. 142 and Unden: Baillie, p. 321. A rare gilt and patinated French bronze Empire mantel clock. Strikes half hour on a bell. France. Early 19th century.