Lot Essay
Known as A La Sauvage this clock is after the design, inscribed and dated No. 12 Deverberie. Du trois pluvoise an Sept (1799) in the Cabinet d'Estampes, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 381, fig. 5.15.28). It is inscribed by 'De Verberie', the marchand-mercier who in 1804 had a shop at the Boulevard du Temple where he sold clocks à l'Américaine, representing the series of the Continents.
A clock of this model in the Musée Paul Dupuy, Toulouse is illustrated in Tardy, La Pendule Française, Paris, 1967/69, vol. II, p. 357. Further examples include one from the property of Mark Shand, Esq. sold in these Rooms, 9 December 1993, lot 29, and a further model sold at Christie's Monaco, 2 July 1993, lot 89.
A clock of this model in the Musée Paul Dupuy, Toulouse is illustrated in Tardy, La Pendule Française, Paris, 1967/69, vol. II, p. 357. Further examples include one from the property of Mark Shand, Esq. sold in these Rooms, 9 December 1993, lot 29, and a further model sold at Christie's Monaco, 2 July 1993, lot 89.