The drum case surmounted by an eagle and flanked by two allegorical figures, the enamel dial with Arabic numerals and concentric calendar ring, signed 'Sauvage à Paris', the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and count wheel strike to bell
20 ½ in. (52 cm.) high; 27 in. (67 cm.) wide; 5 ¼ in. (13.5 cm.) deep

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The two seated figures derive from the models of L'Etude et la Philosophie created for the Sèvres factory by Louis-Simon Boizot in 1780. The design is believed to have derived from one by Dominique Daguerre who commissioned the bronzier François Rémond to execute it in bronze circa 1783. In 1788 Daguerre delivered two of these clocks to Louis XVI for the Château de St. Cloud (see: P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1987, p. 322).