A French Empire period mantle clock "le Voyage de l'Amour et du Temps"

A French Empire period mantle clock "le Voyage de l'Amour et du Temps" Biscuit porcelain, fire-gilt bronze, white enamel dial, blued steel, brass, wrought iron, mahogany veneer on softwood. 14-day movement with thread suspension and half-hourly strike on a bell. Musical cylinder movement with three melodies. Embossed mark NAST on the back of the plinth. Not in working order. Yellowed restorations on Chronos' wing, arm, and leg, both hands and Cupid's knee, as well as chips on the boat's hull. H 32.5, W 42.5, D 17.5 cm. Paris, around 1800, the porcelain manufactory of Johann Nepomuk Hermann Nast.

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H 325 × B 425 × D 175 mm