65,000 CHF
IMPORTANT CONSULATE PERIOD PENDULE D'AUDIENCE WITH THERMOMETER Antide Janvier, No. 338. Made in 1801. Very fine and extremely rare, 8-day going, flame mahogany and gilt bronze Audience clock with 10-minute indication and Réaumur thermometer. Rectangular, polished flame mahogany, clock at the top, gilt-bronze bezel with repeat anthemion decoration, thermometer aperture in the lower part, back with panel secured by a brass catch, extended forward base with two gilt-bronze lions couchant, gilt-bronze cylindrical feet with reeded capitals. White enamel with outer 10-minute chapter with Arabic numerals 0-10, five and ten-second divisions, aperture for the 12-hours with radial Roman numerals, outer 10-minute divisions, arrow pointer on the edge. Blued steel minute hand with circular counterpoise. 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 11 cm. brass, four cylindrical pillars, going barrel, anchor escapement, brass bob pendulum with steel rod, silk suspension. Réaumur thermometer: bimetallic steel and brass lever acting on a pivoted lever to which the hand is fixed. Notes Both dials and movement signed Janvier, movement numbered. DIM. 33.5 x 18.5 x 16.5 cm. This very elegant and sophisticated clock is characteristic of the work of the famous horloger Antide Janvier (1751-1835). Janvier's reputation was built partly due to the development of the so-called "audienc
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2014-03-16
