"Reiche Reading Clock Empire Period Gilt Bronze Reading Claude Galle"
A reading clock based on a model by the bronze merchant Jean-Andre Reiche (1752-1817), the custodian of this model, which he registered at the Imperial Library on 19 February 1805. The dial is signed Bergmiller, whose workshop was located on rue du Petit-Lion Saint-Sauveur in Paris. Serviced and cleaned by a professional clockmaker. Pierre Kjellberg, the encyclopedia of the French clock, p. 398