Louis XVI Period Clock 16 In Gilded Bronze From The 18th Century

Clock with a subject representing the awakening to the sciences, in gilded bronze. Clock cabinet after a drawing by Antoine Foullet and mechanism signed on the dial and the plate "Hardel à Paris" A putto holding a phylactery, is perched on a pile of books, and is engaged in reflection, the index finger raised to his mouth. The cock at the damping grips an unrolled phylactery, as a path to knowledge. Scientific attributes are placed on the side: king's foot, protractor, terrestrial globe. Model N*14 listed in the collection of clock drawing models, described as a "desk piece, with cock" Circa 1780 H. 41 cms Mechanism from the 18th century to be revised, countersigned and equipped with a cutaway plate, numbered star-shaped count wheel at the hours of the dial, suspension of the mechanism modified brocot