DESCRIPTION:
France, Comtoise lantern clock, 30 hour, time and strike, weight driven movement with rare pin wheel escapement, iron frame and feet, rear mounted thread suspension, cast brass dial with profile of Louis XV and inset with 12 white enamel cartouches with Roman numerals, outer ring with Arabic numerals every 5 minutes, cast bronze fronton with trumpeters flanking a medallion topped by the Gallic rooster, two iron hands.
CONDITION:
Two of the enamel panels have hairline cracks. The medallion on the fronton probably featured the fleur de lis, a symbol of the monarchy. The area has been filed off and smoothed, probably after the French Revolution when such symbols were politically dangerous. The lower fronton has a spot reserved for a single enamel panel, but it is now empty. The bell is signed "Dubois ". The movement has brass plates top and bottom and to support the arbors. The crutch has broken off and will need to be reattached. There is some light rust on the iron posts, arbors, and hands. The sprocket that drives the time train is loose on its arbor. No weights or pendulum are included. This clock was sold by Ivoire Saint-Etienne on October 13th, 2012 as lot number 5.
ESTIMATE:
$400
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$600
PRICE SOLD:
$375
CIRCA: mid 18th Century
DIMENSIONS: 15in x 8.5in x 5.5in
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