A RARE LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BRONZED-SPELTER AND MARBLE NOVELTY SWINGING GLOBE CLOCK WITH A COURTING COUPLE the movement contained within a dark blue sphere applied with gilt brass Roman numerals, mounted above a young couple seated on a swing and oscillating from side to side within an arch formed from entwined tree branches rising from the naturalistic base, over a marble plinth, applied with a plaque inscribed 'Idylle Printaniere Par Geo Maxime',  83cm high This clock is of identical design to one sold in the Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, Sotheby's New York, 28 June, 1993, lot 472