Venus correcting Love. In gilt bronze. Enamel dial of "BEKERR à Paris". Base decorated with griffins, loves and palmettes. Wire suspension. Directoire period. H. 43 cm. - L. : 32 cm. Unverified operation, no guarantee. Misses (back bezel, hour hand, stamp), slight wear. Antonin Bekerr, clockmaker received master in Paris in 1775, rue des Cordeliers in 1789, rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the years 1800-1820. Bibliography : Niehüsen, French bronze clocks, 1999, no. 213, ill. in color p. 130 (variant). Another variant of this clock, Venus clipping the wings of Love (n° 207 of the De Baecque sale in Lyon, 23 September 2017). Expert : BOISBAUDRY du Loic