EROTIC COMTOISE?
If you are wondering about the question mark, let me explain it to you.
It seems that some people have interpreted the scene of this popular children’s game as an erotic motif!
What do you see when you look at the scene in the pediment of this Comtoise clock?
What I see is described in Description No. 131 CUM.
Nr. 131 CUM
10-inch Comtoise Clock from the time of Napoleon III, circa 1860.
Depiction of a popular children's or family game, known in Germany as "Schinkenklopfen," in France as "la main gauche" (the left hand) or "la main chaude" (the hot hand). The father places his head under his wife's apron so he cannot see which of his children will slap him on the bottom. The boy has raised his left hand for the strike, and the father tries to soften the blow by stretching his left hand backward.
Verge escapement, folded pendulum, half-hour and full-hour strike on a bell with repetition.
Dial diameter: 236 mm
Case dimensions: 272 x 270 x 153 mm (HxWxD)
Movement dimensions: 425 x 271 x 170 mm (HxWxD)
Pendulum length: approx. 1200 mm
