A FRENCH LARGE BRASS STRIKING FOUR-GLASS MANTEL CLOCK WITH PERPETUAL CALENDAR AND MOONPHASE
CIRCA 1880
A FRENCH LARGE BRASS STRIKING FOUR-GLASS MANTEL CLOCK WITH PERPETUAL CALENDAR AND MOONPHASE CIRCA 1880 CASE: with bevelled glasses and foliate engraved dial mask DIALS: the white enamel time dial with visible jewelled Brocot escapement to recessed centre, blued steel Breguet hands; the calendrical dial with outer month and solar equation ring, the recessed centre with moonphase, day of week, date and leap year dials; blued steel hands MOVEMENT: the twin barrels movement with rack strike on gong, with rear-mounted calendar advancing cam to calendrical work below; twin jar mercury pendulum 17 in. (43 cm.) high, 9½ in. (24 cm.) wide, 7 in. (18 cm.) deep
A FRENCH LARGE BRASS STRIKING FOUR-GLASS MANTEL CLOCK WITH PERPETUAL CALENDAR AND MOONPHASE
CIRCA 1880
A FRENCH LARGE BRASS STRIKING FOUR-GLASS MANTEL CLOCK WITH PERPETUAL CALENDAR AND MOONPHASE CIRCA 1880 CASE: with bevelled glasses and foliate engraved dial mask DIALS: the white enamel time dial with visible jewelled Brocot escapement to recessed centre, blued steel Breguet hands; the calendrical dial with outer month and solar equation ring, the recessed centre with moonphase, day of week, date and leap year dials; blued steel hands MOVEMENT: the twin barrels movement with rack strike on gong, with rear-mounted calendar advancing cam to calendrical work below; twin jar mercury pendulum 17 in. (43 cm.) high, 9½ in. (24 cm.) wide, 7 in. (18 cm.) deep
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