HANGMAN The game of bilboquet. In gilt bronze and black marble. A young woman, dressed in antique style and seated in an armchair, is playing bilboquet with her child climbing on a stool. Beside them, a cat and a dog. Off-centre enamel dial. Base decorated with vases, rams, caduceus and masks of Mercury, standing on claws. Counter base supported by spinning tops. Hanging on a wire. About 1800-1815. H. 37,5 cm. - L. : 32 cm. Unverified operation, no guarantee. Oxidized movement; one needle and the bell are missing. Bibliography: Niehüsen, French bronze clocks, 1999, no. 293, ill. in color p. 180 (similar clock). Expert : BOISBAUDRY du Loic