DESCRIPTION:
Probably Brocot & Delettrez, Paris, for Edward Biven, Paris, a large four glass mantel regulator with Brocot perpetual calendar, the case with black slate molded top and base with rounded corners, and polished, gilt frames with thick beveled glasses, ornately engraved gilt dial mask, two piece roman numeral white enamel dial with visible Brocot escapement, blued steel Breguet style hands, and blued central seconds indicator, calendar also with two part white enamel dial and blued hands, the center with starry sky and clouds, and aperture displaying the phases of the moon, large two train pendule de Paris movement striking a single blow at the half hour and counting the hours on a bell, polished perpetual calendar movement, and two vial, half seconds beating mercury pendulum
CONDITION:
slate with minor marks and scratches, top with crack and minor loss at upper right, where it meets the brass, frames with spotting, left side glass with chip, upper right, mask very good, dial with hairline at 12:00, hands with specks of oxide, seconds hand short, calendar dial very good, hands with specks of oxide, day and date hands missing tails, movements clean, ticking and striking, striking jams when advancing calendar (lever binds against hand setting arbor), bell and nut present, bell stand missing, regulator arbor and wheel missing, calendar functional, but not synchronized, pendulum good, turned ornament at center above frame replaced.
ESTIMATE:
$2000
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$3000
PRICE SOLD:
$2400
CIRCA: 1860
DIMENSIONS: 18.25in x 10.5in x 7.75in
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