Directory Clock: Africa

Beautiful Africa clock attributed to Jean-Simon Deverberie. In black, brown and gold patinated bronze, symbolizing Africa. The round dial has a guilloché outline, white enamel, Roman numerals for the hours and Arabic numerals for the quarters, and Paris is inscribed in the lower part. The original design of the clock, titled L'Afrique, was registered by the Parisian foundry chaser Jean-Simon Deverberie in An VII (illustrated in Dominique and Pascal Flechon, “La pendule au nègre”, in Bulletin de l'association nationale des collectionneurs . Clock in excellent condition, watchmaker's guarantee for the movement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -A model whose dial is signed Ridel is in the collections of the Musée François Duesberg in Mons and is reproduced in the exhibition catalog 'De noir et d'or,pendules 'au bon sauvage' MuséesRoyaux d'Art et D'Histoire,Bruxelles,1993 -French Bronze clocks,1700-1830,Elke NiehÜser,édition Schiffer Publishing LTD-1999- page 146. -Vergoldete Bronzen,Hans Ottomeyer/Peter PrÖschel,Klinkhardt & Biermann-Munchen 1986,page 381. -La pendue française dans le monde,Tardy,7th revised and expanded edition,pages 246 + 247.