COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty & fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, 1999, pp.72-73, figs.6-14a,b, 6-15a,b.
The present clock is almost identical to an example shown at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 and illustrated by Planchon in La Revue Chronométrique that October.
A clock of closely related design, with black marble base, was sold Christie's London, Important Clocks and Marine Chronometers, 1 July 2005, lot 54.