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Auction archive: Lot number 111

A near pair of French ebonised and ormolu-mounted striking t...

Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$30,506 - US$40,675
Price realised:
£33,600
ca. US$68,335
Auction archive: Lot number 111

A near pair of French ebonised and ormolu-mounted striking t...

Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$30,506 - US$40,675
Price realised:
£33,600
ca. US$68,335
Beschreibung:

A near pair of French ebonised and ormolu-mounted striking terrestrial globe clocks, showing: equation of time, annual calendar, phases of the moon, epact indication, zodiac indication, solar meridian time and world time
SIGNED E. SAVARY, PARIS, PÈRE ILDEFONSE INVENTEUR, THE GLOBES BY CHARLES PERIGOT. CIRCA 1891
A near pair of French ebonised and ormolu-mounted striking terrestrial globe clocks, showing: equation of time, annual calendar, phases of the moon, epact indication, zodiac indication, solar meridian time and world time Signed E. Savary, Paris, Père Ildefonse Inventeur, the globes by Charles Perigot. Circa 1891 One with enamel dials and blued steel Breguet hands, the other with engraved and silvered dials and blued steel spade hands, each with octagonal case, and on round moulded base, formerly under glass domes, raised on feet with integral casters and with plaques to the top inscribed Père Ildefonse/Franciscain Recollet/INVENTEUR , four removable side panels fitted with floral ormolu appliqués and to one of the pair the original instruction and description papers applied to the inner face, three side panels fitted with dials LEFT SIDE DIALS: with painted moon globe, lunar days and days of the week, leap years and the Epact over thirty years CENTRAL DIALS: night and day, time at the solar meridian with Roman chapters and signed CADRAN UNIVERSELLE/E.SAVARY/HORLOGER CONSTRUCTEUR/PARIS , local mean time with Roman chapters and signed Charles Delagrave/EDITEUR/RUE SOUFFLOT 15/PARIS/DÉPOSÉ RIGHT SIDE DIALS: equation of time, month and date, signs of the Zodiac, season and length of each month the subsidiary dials and globe driven directly from the clock by a centrally mounted shaft, the globe with equatorial engraved and silvered chapter ring, solar horizon, universal meridian indicator and inscibed GLOBE TERRESTRE/0.80°. de circonference(50.000.000°)/Dressè par/CH.PERIGOT/Professeur d'Histoire et de Geographie/au Lyçée St Louis/INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE DE PARIS/CH.DELAGRAVE Editeur/15 rue Soufflot/1891 , the solar circle driven from the Zodiac shaft, Universal Indicator circle set manually, both with twin barrels movements, platform lever escapements and rack strike, one on gong, the other on bell; two steel winding keys 31in. (78.7 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 111
Auction:
Datum:
4 Jul 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
4 July 2007, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

A near pair of French ebonised and ormolu-mounted striking terrestrial globe clocks, showing: equation of time, annual calendar, phases of the moon, epact indication, zodiac indication, solar meridian time and world time
SIGNED E. SAVARY, PARIS, PÈRE ILDEFONSE INVENTEUR, THE GLOBES BY CHARLES PERIGOT. CIRCA 1891
A near pair of French ebonised and ormolu-mounted striking terrestrial globe clocks, showing: equation of time, annual calendar, phases of the moon, epact indication, zodiac indication, solar meridian time and world time Signed E. Savary, Paris, Père Ildefonse Inventeur, the globes by Charles Perigot. Circa 1891 One with enamel dials and blued steel Breguet hands, the other with engraved and silvered dials and blued steel spade hands, each with octagonal case, and on round moulded base, formerly under glass domes, raised on feet with integral casters and with plaques to the top inscribed Père Ildefonse/Franciscain Recollet/INVENTEUR , four removable side panels fitted with floral ormolu appliqués and to one of the pair the original instruction and description papers applied to the inner face, three side panels fitted with dials LEFT SIDE DIALS: with painted moon globe, lunar days and days of the week, leap years and the Epact over thirty years CENTRAL DIALS: night and day, time at the solar meridian with Roman chapters and signed CADRAN UNIVERSELLE/E.SAVARY/HORLOGER CONSTRUCTEUR/PARIS , local mean time with Roman chapters and signed Charles Delagrave/EDITEUR/RUE SOUFFLOT 15/PARIS/DÉPOSÉ RIGHT SIDE DIALS: equation of time, month and date, signs of the Zodiac, season and length of each month the subsidiary dials and globe driven directly from the clock by a centrally mounted shaft, the globe with equatorial engraved and silvered chapter ring, solar horizon, universal meridian indicator and inscibed GLOBE TERRESTRE/0.80°. de circonference(50.000.000°)/Dressè par/CH.PERIGOT/Professeur d'Histoire et de Geographie/au Lyçée St Louis/INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE DE PARIS/CH.DELAGRAVE Editeur/15 rue Soufflot/1891 , the solar circle driven from the Zodiac shaft, Universal Indicator circle set manually, both with twin barrels movements, platform lever escapements and rack strike, one on gong, the other on bell; two steel winding keys 31in. (78.7 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 111
Auction:
Datum:
4 Jul 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
4 July 2007, London, King Street
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