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The lower stage is octagonal and the upper is in the form of a fluted octagonal drum, tapering upwards. The putti support the clock above their heads. The clock is in the form of a globe with flattened front and rear faces containing the dial and the door for rear access to the movement.\n\nDial: with brass glazed bezel 11.4 cm diameter, chapter ring, of mottled red marble 9.8 cm diameter; 1.6 cm broad. With applied Roman numerals for the hours. The gilt hands are of Breguet type. The recessed dial in the centre 6.3 cm diameter with its rear plate of gilt-brass engraved with leafy sprays and scrolls and signed in a rectangular horizontal cartouche in the lower part  EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE BOY, RANVIER et CIE PARIS 1867\nWinding holes, surrounded by raised gilt-brass rings, inside IIII and VIII. Surrounding the dial centre an applied gilt and engraved piece, the upper part carried the balance cock.\n\nMovement: Brass movement plates 7.6 cm diameter\nBackplate stamped in an oval 'Y.M.THOMAS BTE S.G.D.G. in an oval and with the punched number 362.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Carrier-Belleuse","id":"A1437"},"association":{"text":"Designer","id":"x36960"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Boy","id":"AUTH347049"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":"Boy, Ranvier et Cie situated at 116 Rue de Turenne, Paris"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"","id":""},{"text":"","id":""},{"text":"marble","id":"AAT11443"},{"text":"brass","id":"AAT10946"}],"techniques":[{"text":"Carving","id":"AAT53149"},{"text":"casting","id":"AAT53104"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"made of \"imitation bronze\"","categories":[{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"}],"styles":[{"text":"Neo-classicism","id":"x38958"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2011FB7968","2011FB7967","2011FB7969"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"002","id":"THES303446"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Clock","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Paris","id":"x29068"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":"Clock bought at the Paris Exhibition, 1867, for 11l. 4s."}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1860-1867","earliest":"1860-01-01","latest":"1867-12-31"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"28.1","unit":"in","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"1867","earliest":"1867-01-01","latest":"1867-12-31"},"part":"whole","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"11","unit":"in","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"1867","earliest":"1867-01-01","latest":"1867-12-31"},"part":"of base","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"EXPOISTION UNIVERSELLE PARIS  BOY RANVIER & CIE PARIS 1867","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1867 Boy Ranvier & Company","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Boy, Ranvier & Cie who supplied the clock has premises at 116 Rue de Turenne, Paris"}],"objectHistory":"Bought at the Paris International Exhibition, 1867, for £12-0s-0d as an example of cheapness of manufacture. 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