Fireplace clock with sculpture by Peretta from Lafontaine's fable "Milkmaid or jug with milk". Bronze, gilding. France, early. XIX century. In allegorical form, Jean Fonfontaine's fable, "Milkmaid, or a jug of milk," is opened before us, where the morality is the call not to waste time in sweet dreams and empty dreams that can not come true. Only actions and actions, carried out with all forethought, which was deprived of a young beautiful thrush, bring us closer to the desired goals.