Lot Essay
The original engraving for this Pendule à l'Afrique is included in Deverberie's album of clock designs in the Bibliothèque Doucet. This design reflects the late 18th century interest in le bon Sauvage encouraged in the main by the abolition of slavery in 1793. The first of the French clocks of this style appears to have been La N©egress which was delivered by Furet and Gaudon to Marie Antoinette in 1784