17,700 CHF
"Equation of Time" French. Made for the Indian market, imported by Favre Leuba & Co., Bombay, circa 1870. Fine and rare, gilt bronze and porcelain mounted, astronomic, 8-day going mantel clock with hour and halfhour striking, triple date, equation of time indication, moon phases and visible Brocot escapement. Oval, gilt bronze decorated with scrolls, flowers and foliage, oak and laurel surmount with ribbon cresting, set with panels of faux Sevres porcelain decorated with putti emblematic of the four seasons, raised on gadrooned toupie feet. Two-piece, annular white enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, sunken centre with visible Brocot escapement, dial below with annular white enamel dial for the months and equation of time, sun symbols indicating the dates where solar and meantime are equal, sunken center with subsidiary dials for the days of the week and date, aperture for the moon phases. Black Breguet hands. 85 mm., circular, brass, going barrels for the going and striking trains, Brocot escapement with jeweled pallets, spring suspension, brass-bob pendulum, striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, patent calendar and equation of time movement below geared to the clock movement by a pinned wheel, manual adjustments for the days of the week, date and moon phase. Movement signed by the importer. Dim. 43.5 x 31 x 16 cm. Notes It is rare to find a decorative clock with equation of time indication. The calendar, moon phase and equation of time Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-10-15
