Rare clock with Love experimenting static electricity, the dial with Roman numerals inscribed in an entablature with antique terms, resting on a base with scientific loves; (one element to be refixed; small accidents). The dial signed by Thoret in Poitiers. Empire period. H : 36 cm, W : 31 cm, D : 11 cm This clock illustrates an electrostatic experiment on a Ramsden type machine, the figure of Venus receives the electric discharge and puts her hand on her heart, the whole being poetically confused with the notion of love at first sight .