Lot Essay
This clock is illustrated in Tardy, French Clocks The World Over Part II: From Louis XVI style to Louis XVIII-Charles X period, Paris, 1981, p.324, where it is described as Empire-period. A further clock of related design, signed 'Goutte à Lyon, is illustrated, P. Kjellberg, L'Encyclopedie de La Pendule Francaise, Paris, 1997, p. 315, fig. A.