An Empire ormolu and patinated bronze camel clock or 'pendule au dromadaire', circa 1810

An Empire ormolu and patinated bronze camel clock or 'pendule au dromadaire', circa 1810

3½-inch enamel dial signed J... Cellier à Paris, bell striking movement with outside count wheel and silk suspension, the drum mounted within a tasselled drapery covering the body of the camel, surmounted by a stand with crescent moon encircling a star, the camel mounted on a plinth base with a tree stump and with martial and crescent moon mounts, on toupie feet

40cm 15¾in high: 30cm 12in wide