A lovely French Empire ormolu borne mantel clock with butterfly, circa 1800
€ 10250 $ 11844 £ 8869 ¥ 1877288 DKK 76576 CHF 9233 NOK 114334 CA$ 16072 HK$ 92569
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€ 12500 $ 14444 £ 10816 ¥ 2289375 DKK 93385 CHF 11260 NOK 139431 CA$ 19600 HK$ 112889
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