| Description: | This is a complicated, precision, tall case clock with a 30-day movement of the highest quality. The movement features a "Graham" deadbeat escapement, maintaining power, equation of time, a year calendar, and striking on the hours and half hours “solar” time on a bell. The back plate signed ‘Ferdinand Berthoud a Paris’. The white enamel dial has black Roman numerals and Arabic minute numerals, with a year calendar dial through the aperture at six o’clock, and signed ‘Ferdinand Berthoud’. Two finely fretted and gilded hands are for the hours and solar time, and two blued steel hands are for the minutes and sweep seconds. The heavy gridiron pendulum has ‘knife edge’ suspension and is mounted on a separate bracket. The classic Louis XVI case by the renowned case maker, Balthazar Lieutaud, is signed on the lower rear of the case, ‘B.LIEUTAUD’. The heavy oak case is veneered in rosewood and kingwood with holly wood stringing inlay. The front door is glazed with a gilt molded surround and the base with a raised parquetry panel with radial veneers. The hood with similar radial patterned veneers has a lockable gilt opening door with a convex glass and supported by four gilt circular patera. The whole clock is surmounted by a magnificent gilded and finely cast and chased garlanded urn finial in the manner and quality of Philippe Caffieri, although not signed. |
| Price: | P.O.A. |
| Stock Number: | ps101 |
