24,150 CHF
French, circa 1780. Fine white marble and gilt-bronze, hour and half-hour striking clock "a cercles tournants". Rectangular white marble base on four gilt-bronze feet and applied with acanthus hellions and laurel branches. The horizontal movement is supported by four- gilt-bronze columns with pine cone finials and decorated with further garlands of flowers and foliage. Revolving circular with Roman numerals for hours, Arabic for minutes, individual white enamel cartouches. Gilt-bronze ribbon and "arrow" pointer. Gilt brass circular with going barrels both for the going and the striking trains, anchor escapement with short sun pendulum with silk suspension. Striking on a bell with count wheel on the bottom plate. Dim. 41 x 20 x 13 cm. Accompanied by a mahogany stand with rectangular glass dome.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-04-18
