A Directoire ormolu and patinated bronze mantel clock circa 1800

the white enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic numerals supporting the seated figure of a huntress, emblematic of America, her foot resting upon the head of a serpent, the concave-sided base fitted with floral and foliate swags, raised on ormolu toupie feet.

Sold, Sotheby's, Monaco, July 3, 1993, lot 169

Figure of huntress formerly holding a spear. Clock was in good working order when part of consignor's collection. One winding key. One pendulum. No spear. No cover for back. Dial not covered. Enamel dial good and with minor marks and slight wear. Some rubbing and wear to ormolu consistent with age. Quiver possibly repositioned.
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This model is based upon the drawing A la Sauvage, dated L'An VI (1799), conserved in the Bibliothèque National, Paris, illustrated, Ottomeyer, Pröschel, et al, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 381, fig. 5.15.28.  The design represents America, and it is inscribed De Verberie - De Verberie was a marchand mercier working in Paris where he sold clocks such as the present example and others of similar inspiration, often flanked by complementary candlesticks. 

An identical model is in the Musée François Duesberg, Mons, Belgiusm, illustrated, P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la pendule Française, Paris, 1997, p. 353 fig. C.  Others with identical figural groups on slighlty different bases are illustrated, Kjellberg, op. cit., p. 352, figs A, B.  Other examples of this model sold on the international art market include one sold, Sotheby's, Monaco, June 19, 1992, lot 7; another sold Sotheby's, New York, May 3, 1986, and a third from the collection of Mark Shand, Esq., sold, Christie's, London, December 9, 1993, lot 29.