A very rare French ‘directoire’ pendule ‘Au Bon Sauvage’, circa 1800
€ 18500 $ 21321 £ 16142 ¥ 3402890 DKK 138236 CHF 17044 NOK 207727 CA$ 29656 HK$ 167101
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10-cm enamel dial with Roman numerals signed à Paris and engraved gilt bronze hands, 8-day spring driven movement with anchor escapement and silk suspended pendulum, countwheel half hour striking on a bell, white marble case with fine ormolu mounts surmounted by a urn with flowers, flanked by two 'bon sauvages' on griotte rouge bases probably symbolising trade, stepped plinth with high relief raised on turned feet.