RESTORATION PERIOD CLOCK REPRESENTING THE ALLEGORY OF SCIENCES

An interesting gilt and chased bronze clock with scholarly iconography on the theme of the arts and sciences. On the right, a woman with her hair in a chignon and curls, wearing an Empire-style dress, leans on the central post, and on the left, an astronomical telescope rests on a column adorned with thyrses and honeysuckle. The central post, containing the dial encircled by a garland of flowers, is decorated with a library surmounted by griffins and symbols of the arts: the lyre, the bust of Homer, and a laurel wreath. Above it is an armillary sphere whose ring is chased with zodiac symbols, framed by a wreath of flowers, a book, and a set square. The whole rests on a rectangular base, the main face of which is decorated with fluted pilasters with goat heads, an incense burner, garlands of roses, a vase, and cornucopias. It is raised on four flattened ball-shaped feet. Working wire movement. Charles X period, circa 1820. Dimensions: W: 30.5cm, D: 11.5cm, H: 42.5cm.