40,000 CHF
ANTIDE JANVIER "EMPIRE MANTEL CLOCK" GILT BRONZE Antide Janvier, No. 321. Made circa 1801. Very fine and important flame mahogany and gilt bronze Mantel clock,half hour and hour striking,calendar and Réaumur thermometer Rectangular, clock at the top, back with sliding panel revealing the movement, extended forward base with two gilt bronze lions, between them a rectangular cutout showing the Reaumur thermometer display, gilt bun feet. Silvered chapter ring with inlaid radial Roman numerals,matte gilt center winch engraved ''Janvier au Louvre No 321," blue steel Breguet hands. White enamel small subsidiary dial at the top for the day of the week and date,blue steel Breguet hands. Thermometer dial :matt gilt rectangular plate with 2 applied silvered sectors for two Reaumur scale from -10 to 30, on the side engraved "Composé par Janvier.'' Blue steel index hand. Circular 105 mm. brass, four circular pillars, going barrel, anchor escapement, brass bob pendulum with steel rod, silk suspension. Réaumur thermometer: bimetallic steel and brass lever acting on a pivoted steel lever to which the hand is fixed. Signed on dial and movement. Illustrated in: Michel Hayard:'' Antide Janvier 1751-1835'' page 208. ANTIDE JANVIER (1751-1835) Janvier was born on 1 July 1751 at Briva, a hamlet in the commune of Lavans, near Saint Claude. His father, Claude Etienne Janvier, at first a farm labourer, had abandoned the plough to take up clockmaking. When he noticed the exceptional a
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2016-11-13
