A silvered and gilt bronze swan clock

An Empire silvered and gilt bronze swan clock,
the dial signed Galle, rue Vivienne à Paris
 circa 1805-1810

Height: 41.5 cm. (16 ½ in.)     Width: 27 cm. (10 ¾ in.)

Depth: 13.5 cm. (5 ½ in.)

Comparative Literature

An identical model entirely in gilt bronze is in the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (inv. 2009.87.11; the dial signed Tarault).

 Two further identical models, one in silvered bronze and the other in gilt bronze are in the collections of the Museum François Duesberg in Mons in Belgium (the dials unsigned).