Clock with the Reading Table in gilt bronze and brown patina. The woman sitting on a gondola chair, a pile of books at her feet, leaning against a square table, draped, lit by an oil lamp. White enamelled dial, signed "BLANC Fils, Palais Royal", black painted Arabic numeral hour markers. Threaded suspension. Empire era. Rectangular base in sea-green marble veneer. 33 x 29 x 14 cm. Wear and scratches to the gilding and the patina and missing parts, in particular the body of the oil lamp. Two hind feet. Grain chips and a few bumps on the marble.