French table clock. Charles X, ca.1830. With automaton (fountain). Mercury gilt and blued bronze case. Paris machine, eight days winding, with pendulum. Measures: 36,5 x 22 x 12,5 cm. Singular French clock with automaton, of epoch and Charles X style, inscribing itself in the classicism typical of the epoch. It combines mercury-gilt bronze with blued bronze. The design alternates emphatic volumes and geometric forms with scenes and reproductions of organic and mythological inspiration. Thus, on semicircular feet, rises the base with a bas-relief depicting Dionysus with thyrsus, accompanied by a maenad. In the centre, from a fountain in the form of a lion`s mask, `water` flows from the glass (the automaton mechanism imitates the falling of the liquid). The water falls into a vase flanked by plant shoots. At the top, the dial, surrounded by a floral wreath, is decorated with Roman numerals.