A DIRECTOIRE BRONZE AND ORMOLU STRIKING PENDULE L'AFRIQUE

A DIRECTOIRE BRONZE AND ORMOLU STRIKING PENDULE L'AFRIQUE
deverberie, Paris, circa 1795
The drum-shaped case surmounted by the seated figure of a half-draped huntress, bow in one hand and arrow in the other, her feet resting on a turtle, with a chain to the lion seated beside her, on a waisted base with serpent-tied floral garland mounts to the sides and relief cast figures of amorini to the front, with beaded gallery, on toupie feet, the white enamel Roman dial with Arabic quarters signed Deverberie à Paris, with gilt-metal hands, the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell
17¾in. (45.5cm.) high