This clock has a case in the Romantic style. Romanticism was an artistic movement that emerged with the return of the Bourbon dynasty after the revolutionary period. Louis Philippe's reign as king of the French was brief but stylistically very eventful. The themes depicted on the cases of these clocks are closer to reality and everyday life than heretofore, with few heroes or classical figures remaining. Moreover, a new market had emerged for these products amongst the nascent bourgeoisie. Like so many models from this period, this case features a folk character, in typical seventeenth-century garb — a coat, doublet, breeches and a wide-brimmed hat sporting a large feather.

The subject is a musketeer raising a toast with a glass held in his left hand and holding a decanter in his right. He is seated on a stone housing the dial and the clock movement. He wears a sword at his belt and has a shotgun leaning against the rock. Beside him is a drum, with a round of cheese on top, with one quarter missing. The tall base is decorated with rocaille.

The white dial, surrounded by beading, shows the hours in Roman numerals; It has two Breguet-type hands.

Originally, it would have had an eight-day pendule de Paris movement, with an anchor escapement and an hour and half-hour strike. However, the original movement is not preserved.

This clock was purchased for 15,000 pesetas at an undetermined date. A list is preserved in the Curatorship archive with the acquisition price of a number of items, although in some cases, the date of purchase was not noted.

Amelia Aranda Huete