DEVILLAINE, RUE NUEVE DES PETITS CHAMPS N.33 A PARIS:A French Empire bronze ormolu and brass mantel clock, circular white enamelled dial with Roman numeral hours and Arabic minutes and signed and inscribed, eight-day movement striking on a bell, the case surmounted by books titled 'Phys. Tom 3' and 'Astro Tom 1.', on a drape, the front with a cockerel flanked by flaming torches37cm highDEVILLAINE is recorded by Tardy as working in the Rue Neuve des Petits Champs in 1800Provenance: Christies, London, 14th April 2005, lot 279