Cere s’ Chartiot

Clock in the shape of Ceres' chariot drawn by two oxen, made of patinated bronze and finely chased and mercury-gilded bronze. The ring dial is enameled in blue, white, and gold and is signed HILAIRE BASSEREAU. The octagonal base is decorated with agricultural trophies and a wreath of wheat ears, with spinning-top-shaped feet.

Dimensions: H. 42 cm - W. 44 cm - D. 13.5 cm
Hilaire Bassereau, clockmaker, mechanic to the Emperor.
Presumably a student of Lépine. Located at the Palais Royal.

Comparative bibliography: Pierre Kjellberg
"Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française" Editions de l'amateur, Paris, 1997, page 419.