BEAUTIFUL Empire period gilt bronze and black... Lot 52

BEAUTIFUL Empire period gilt bronze and black lacquered sheet metal HANGER with Venus and Love, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, signed "Duval à Paris", inscribed in a terminal with arched pediment and pilaster uprights, decorated with the Allegory of a river, two dragonflies and two dolphins, the base decorated with sea horses and swans, four spinning top feet, wire suspension Complete with its gong, its key and its pendulum Functional movement (not guaranteed) 49 x 35 x 16,5 cm A similar model is kept in the collections of the Mobilier National Bibliography: Pierre Kjellberg, Encyclopedia of the French clock, les Editions de l'Amateur, 1997, reproduced on page 391