A lovely French Empire ormolu borne mantel clock with butterfly, circa 1800
€ 10250 $ 11813 £ 8943 ¥ 1885385 DKK 76590 CHF 9443 NOK 115092 CA$ 16431 HK$ 92583
A lovely French renaissance-style mystery timepiece, Planchon, circa 1880
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€ 12500 $ 14406 £ 10907 ¥ 2299250 DKK 93402 CHF 11516 NOK 140356 CA$ 20038 HK$ 112906
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Description
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.
- Name
- A lovely French renaissance-style mystery timepiece, Planchon, circa 1880
- Categories
- Decorative Arts Clocks Other Clocks
- Periods
- 19th Century Antique
- Materials
- Bronze
- Measurements
- Height: 9 cm, Width: 20 cm, Depth: 20 cm
- Reference
- GUDA30059
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