Some Curious Clocks of Paris 



Above: The dial 

 is a soup plate: 

 the numerals are 

 oyster shells; and 

 the hands are a 

 knife and a fork 



To the right: 

 The strange 

 clock of a lead- 

 pencil maker. 

 The hands and 

 the numerals are 

 formed of huge 

 lead-pencils 



A water-clock which works 

 on the principle of the 

 ancient Greek time-pieces 



A clock surrounded 

 by human teeth 

 and resting on 

 human skulls 



The clock below, in 

 a Parisian shop 

 window, is made of 

 rosewood and ebony 

 and is composed of 

 two thousand pieces 



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