Table clock "Porte-Montre" with ecritoire Paris/Zurich around 1800, clockmaker Christofle Zeller Bronze, chased, matt and shiny gilded or brunette. Oval, profiled base. Interior with inserts of bronze, glass and porcelain for ink, blotting sand and quills. On top a dog carrying a basket on a terrain base. Spindle pocket watch with chain and fusee set into the basket. White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals. Gilt brass plate marked "CHR ZELLER a ZÜRICH" (according to Viebahn's expertise). Key. 16 x 16,5 x 11 cm. Provenance: Viebahn Kunsthandel, Worpswede. - North German private collection. Cf. Tardy, La Pendule Française. Paris 1975, vol. 2, p. 393, fig. 2.

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