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
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
