DESCRIPTION:
Jean Baptiste Delettrez, Paris, a large, black slate mantel regulator, the case with simple molded base, deeply molded sides, flattened, projecting mid molding, and simple, molded supports for the reeded drumhead case, much of the front with flat, polished surfaces having gilt, incised line and foliate ornament, the glazed pendulum aperture with gilt frame, and top with brass bezel and thick beveled glass, roman numeral white enamel two piece dial, with blued steel Breguet style hands, and exposed Brocot escapement, the center marked "Paris 1866", 8 day time and strike pendule de Paris movement striking on a bell, and bimetallic Ellicott varaiant pendulum with white enamel center, the back stamped "J.B.D." within an oval
CONDITION:
clock case very dirty, and with minor chips, dial with minor hairlines and small chip at 1:00, one winding hole escutcheon missing, hands with specks of oxide, hand washer with rust, movement dirty and with thickened oil, ticks and strikes, would benefit from service, pendulum good
ESTIMATE:
$500
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$750
PRICE SOLD:
$400
CIRCA: 1865
DIMENSIONS: 18.5in x 14.5in x 7.25in
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