An Empire ormolu and patinated bronze mantel clock: "A la Bacchante Allongee" circa 1810, the dial signed Apis Fragmont a Paris

Minor rubbing to inscription of dial. Bust of female figure loose. One tazza at end of bed with detached upper section; part present and with glue residue. Light rubbing in areas. In good condition.
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Among related clocks featuring Erigone Charmée par l'Amour, a clock by Thomire is in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (illustrated in H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich 1986, p. 379, fig. 5.15.19) another at Pavlovsk (ill. A. Vassilievna Alexeieva, Pavlovsk, the Collections, Paris 1993, vol. I, p. 184, fig. 7), and another illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopedie de La Pendule Française, Paris 1997, p. 402, fig C.