"Shakespe et 1'Amour" The elaborate case is derived from "Anglaise Riche" the top and bottom are multi-tired and are developed into block feet at the four corners. The fluted columns at the four corners have floral decoration to their centres - the same decoration features at the centre of the handle. The left hand panel is from "Romeo and Juliet" and shows Romeo climbing down the rope ladder after his night with Juliet. The right hand panel which has finely detailed buildings in the background is taken from "Othello" Act I, Scene III, when Othello is addressing the Duke. The lower half of the panel surrounding the dial is the wooing scene from "Henry V", Act V, Scene II. The upper half of the dial panel shows a beautifully detailed street scene with flags flying and a couple walking, which is certainly drawn from "The Merry Wives of Windsor"; It seems extremely likely that this fascinating clock must have been a special commission, possibly for one of the well known Shakespearean actors or producers of that time, depicting as it does various scenes from his plays, using many different castings, predominantly gold, silver, copper and bronze, in high relief. The detail is superb and such clocks must have been extremely time consuming and expensive to produce. We gratefully acknowledge M. Derek Roberts who kindly made the researches to identify the Shakespearean scenes chased on this clock.