A lovely French Empire ormolu borne mantel clock with butterfly, circa 1800
€ 10250 $ 11763 £ 8867 ¥ 1874212 DKK 76594 CHF 9260 NOK 114380 CA$ 16119 HK$ 92073
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€ 12500 $ 14345 £ 10813 ¥ 2285625 DKK 93408 CHF 11292 NOK 139488 CA$ 19658 HK$ 112284
8-day spring-driven movement with platform lever escapement signed Planchon Paris, pewter dish-shaped dial with engraved Roman numerals, a tortoise showing time, lovely gilt bronze hexegonal case in renaissance-style, signed Planchon A Paris, raised on lion shaped feet.
The tortoise has a tiny piece of metal in it. A Magnet on top of the movement inside case makes the tortoise point at the right numeral. Reputedly Planchon invented this primciple and made several different designs. This design was never seen by us before and is quite rare.
Located in Amsterdam
The Netherlands