Verticle rip at the top appx 2" long and one small stain. General graying like smeared pencil - maybe just dirt over time. I framed it to keep it from further damage.
Top: "Les mots se ressemblent. Les chose*? different." Under each image "Un visage Serin." From the translation I received it means something to the effect of "The words sound the same. The entity? different." "The face of a canary".
Near the bottom right "au Magasin de caricatures d Aubert Passage Vero Dodat." Translate roughly "to the Store of caricatures d Aubert Passage Vero Dodat" Info I found on Vero-Dodat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Philipon a Gabriel Aubert is mentioned as well.
Bottom left: emboss of what looks like a bee in a circle Bottom right: Signed in pencil in two places but hard to make out. Signature on far right is C. something.
This clock had a lot of character and the price was great so I bought it. I have not done any restoration to it so it is in the exact condition that I bought it in. There is only one decent scratch on one side about 1.5" long that has a little branch off of it about .5" long. It still has the original cord and it works perfectly.
