Gilded bronze clock. The Love messenger, riding a dog, on clouds, above a blue starry celestial globe in sheet metal, containing the movement, on a rectangular base with rounded ends decorated with a bow, arrows and torch tied, butterflies and masks of fauns, resting on four feet in palets. White enamelled dial with Roman numerals for the hours and dashes and Arabic numerals for the minutes, set in a bezel decorated with friezes of small palmettes and pearls. Mechanical movement with key winding, modified Brocot suspension. Directoire-Empire period, first quarter of the 19th century. H. : 43 cm - L. : 31 cm. Wear and scratches to the gilding and painting of the globe; oxidation; cracks to the dial with chips to a keyhole. Provenance : Sale Ader Picard, Palais Galliera, March 19, 1966, lot 47.