A gilt and patinated bronze Urania clock

An Empire gilt and patinated bronze clock representing a bust of Urania,
attributed to the bronziers Denière et Matelin – circa 1808-1810

Height: 45 cm. (17 ¾ in.) Width: 21 cm. (8 ¼ in.)
Width of base: 17.1 cm (6 ¾ in.) Depth of base: 13.4 cm. (5 ¼ in.)

The enamel dial with Roman numerals indicating the hours and Arabic numerals for the minutes with engraved and gilt brass hands. The circular movement has a recoil lever escapement and silk-thread suspension and strikes the hours and half-hours by means of a count wheel mounted on the back-plate.

Comparative Literature

An identical clock at the Palace of Het Loo is illustrated in Koninklijke klokken : uurwerken in Paleis Het Loo = Royal clocks in Paleis Het Loo : a catalogue, Apeldoorn and Zwolle, pp. 88-89, no. 17 (the original movement lost and replaced with a new one in 1994).