As early as the second half of the 18th century By the 19th century, fireplaces had become established as a place to display clocks, first in the castles of France. Special clocks with a monument character were developed for this very important place in the effect of a room. Making the technical constructions of the clockwork visible took a back seat. The clock became the occasion for a small sculpture at eye level. The topics changed. Before the French Revolution, time itself was thematized: dawn, evening, youth, transience. The Napoleonic era needed heroes, gods, brave and loyal citizens. In the second decade of the 19th century In the 19th century the themes became more innocuous – depictions of celebrations, lovers and goddesses of fertility increased. As early as the second half of.