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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