. "A table clock formed as a pillar supporting a globe on an hexagonal pedestal surmounted by a bell on which the hours are marked. At the base of the pillar is the figure of a standing Turk, South German, abour 1580. The figure of a Turk is a reference to the Venetian victory over the Turks at the Battle of Lepanto, 1571. From the Soulages Collection, 1856."@en . . .