Rare Four Season Pendule 'Perpetual Calendar' with Moonphase and Brocot Escapement
Howell & Co. Paris
Lot-No. 737
Paris, ca. 1860. Bronze and brass, gilded, engraved and polished, porcelain plated painted. Enamel dial, dial ring with roman numerals, visible brocot escapement, enamel ring for months, central hands and central moonphase, small dial for week day and date. With multicoloured putto paintings on porcelain as allegories for Four Seasons. Half and full hour strike on bell. With key, pendulum and wooden plinth (H. 4 cm). H. 42 cm, w. 31 cm, d. 16 cm. -
Howell & Co. Paris: Rare Four Season Pendule 'Perpetual Calendar' with Moonphase and Brocot Escapement
Howell & Co. Paris
Rare Four Season Pendule 'Perpetual Calendar' with Moonphase and Brocot Escapement
Lot-No. 737
Paris, ca. 1860. Bronze and brass, gilded, engraved and polished, porcelain plated painted. Enamel dial, dial ring with roman numerals, visible brocot escapement, enamel ring for months, central hands and central moonphase, small dial for week day and date. With multicoloured putto paintings on porcelain as allegories for Four Seasons. Half and full hour strike on bell. With key, pendulum and wooden plinth (H. 4 cm). H. 42 cm, w. 31 cm, d. 16 cm. -
