Chased and gilded bronze clock: allegory of maritime trade. - Lot 127

Chased and gilded bronze clock: allegory of maritime trade. In the shape of a ship on the waves, loaded with merchandise, are the movement, a lover pulling anchor, a sailor holding a purse and the goddess of fortune, standing on a cornucopia, holding a medallion with the profile of Louis XVI and a scroll with the inscription "Je vogue au gré de la fortune et protégé du dieu Neptune" ("I sail at the mercy of fortune and protected by the god Neptune"). The enameled dial with Roman and Arabic numerals is signed COURVOISIER A PARIS. The rectangular white marble base. Louis XVI period, circa 1775 47 x 36.5 x 19.5 cm Missing, notably the oar. Love wound upside down. Accidents to the dial. Bezel glass changed. Note: There are several versions of this clock with variations. Bibliography: - Tardy, la pendule française, tome II, close model reproduced p. 246 - Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la pendule française, close model reproduced p. 270 - Augarde, les ouvriers du temps, p. 373 -