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86,000 CHF

Egyptian Revival Clock Antide Janvier, No. 313, circa 1800. Very fine flame mahogany and gilt bronze "Audience" clock with Réaumur thermometer. Rectangular, clock at the top, thermometer aperture at the lower part, back with sliding panel revealing the movement, extended forward base with two gilt bronze sphinxes, gilt bun feet. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, inner minute divisions, 10-minute subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock. Blued steel Breguet minute hand. Thermometer dial: white enamel with Arabic sector for Réaumur scale from -10 to +30 with record dates observed in Paris. Blued 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.Dim. height 29 cm, width 17 cm. Notes An audience clock, as its name suggests, was intended to be used for measuring the time granted for an audience, usually ten minutes, during which the supplicant had to present his case. Janvier made only a few of these clocks, mostly for high-ranking government officials and lawyers. Antide Janvier (1751–1835) Antide 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 ability of


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Date:
2004-04-24

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