An attractive Empire ormolu scuptural mantel clock, the seaman French, CIRCA 1810

8.5-cm dial with Roman numerals and Breguet hands, countwheel bell striking anchor movement with silk suspended pendulum, mounted in a cotton bale on a sailing ship with a sailor, canted rectangular plinth with nautical mounts raised on turned feet

Dial with small chips at the left winding hole and a small repair. Could be improved. Tip of minute hand repaired. Movement able to function and in good condition. Case in original condition. With some light rubbing to gilding of the deck of the boat. The back of the boat and the rudder. Possibly replaced feet of the periode (not a mayor thing). together with a pendulum.
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This model is depicted and discussed in E. Niehuser, Die französische Bronzeuhr, München 1997, no. 277