Ploughman Soldier Clock From The Restoration-charles X Period, In Gilded Bronze

Pendulum in chiseled and gilded bronze. The central terminal containing the dial, surmounted by a sheaf of wheat and flowers, rests on a base with military attributes framing the motto "Honneur et Patrie". She is flanked by a soldier holding a spade on one side, and a saber, bayonet and flail on the other. It rests on four ball feet. It has its rosewood base inlaid with boxwood foliage and its original glass globe. Restoration period. This clock model is extremely rare, especially in this condition.
It symbolizes former soldiers of Napoleon I's army, who remained loyal to the emperor, who went into exile in America to avoid living under the reign of the Bourbons, and founded cities that still bear the names of Paris, Versailles, Fontainebleau, Marseille today...