An early 19th Century French gilt brass mounted mahogany portico clock with compensated pendulum the dial signed Jan Caceaux Hger a Paris the case with Doric columns on a rectangular plinth with block feet, the 5" brass Roman dial with Breguet style hands within a deep foliate-cast ormolu bezel, the compensated pendulum with polished steel and brass bars, set upon a sprung back allowing for expansion and contraction, the circular movement with outside countwheel striking on a bell, 60cm high (2) Fußnoten A similar style of portico case can be found in Pierre Kjellberg's: Encyclopedie de la Pendule Francaise, p.374, Figure D.
An early 19th Century French gilt brass mounted mahogany portico clock with compensated pendulum the dial signed Jan Caceaux Hger a Paris the case with Doric columns on a rectangular plinth with block feet, the 5" brass Roman dial with Breguet style hands within a deep foliate-cast ormolu bezel, the compensated pendulum with polished steel and brass bars, set upon a sprung back allowing for expansion and contraction, the circular movement with outside countwheel striking on a bell, 60cm high (2) Fußnoten A similar style of portico case can be found in Pierre Kjellberg's: Encyclopedie de la Pendule Francaise, p.374, Figure D.
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