Design for a Clock, Title Page to 'Cahier de six Pendules'

Jean François Forty French
 Etcher C. Colinet French
 Publisher Jacques François Chereau French

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Design for a clock with two putti supporting an urn. The urn's upper frieze is calibrated for the clock movements and a winding snake indicates the time. The putti are attached to the base in which the legs turn into foliage and connects them.

Design for a Clock, Title Page to 'Cahier de six Pendules', Jean François Forty (French, active Paris, 1775–90), Etching

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