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Ca.1840 French Japy Frere Bronze Slate Chronos Titan Greek Mythological Clock:
$5000.00
model Ca. 1840 French Japy Frere Bronze Slate
Chronos Titan Greek Mythological Clock
Ca.1840 French
Japy Freres
Bronze Slate
Chronos Titan
Greek
Mythological
Clock
Measures:
22" H x 21" W x7" D
Chronos(Ancient "time,"
also transliterated asKhronosor Latinized asChronus) is thepersonificationofTimeinpre-Socratic philosophy
and later literature.
Chronos was imagined as a god,
serpentine in form, with three headsâ€â€
those of a man, a bull, and a lion.
[citation needed]He and his consort,
circled the primalworld eggin their
coils and split it apart to form the ordered universe of
earth, sea and sky.
Chronos was confused with, or perhaps
consciously identified with,
due to the similarity in name,
theTitanCronusalready in antiquity
,the identification becoming more widespread
during the Renaissance, giving rise to
the allegory of "Father Time"
wielding the harvesting scythe.
He was depicted in Greco-Roman
mosaics as a man turning theZodiac Wheel.
Chronos, however, might also be contrasted with the
deity Aionas Eternal Time (seeaeon).
Chronos is usually portrayed through an old,
wise man with a long, grey beard, such as
"Father Time". Some of the current English words
whose etymological root iskhronos/chronosinclude
chronology,chronometer,
chronic,anachronism, andchronicle.
Japy Frere makers of this incredibly fine clock are the
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This clock as been serviced and maintained
to the highest professional standards by renowned
Master Horologist David Abernethy who has certified it is in perfect working order...
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