No. 471 CUM
Rooster clock from the Directoire period ( 1795-1799 ) with Gallic rooster and emblem with folded hands ( les mains serrées / fraternization symbol of the French Revolution ), which was probably guillotined by royalists late in the Revolution. 8-day movement, verge escapement, half and full hour strike on bell with repetition of the full strike. Hour wheel and minute wheel already made of brass. Enamel dial with Arabic numerals for hours and quarters. The new type of dial that became common in the Empire. This clock has an ingenious peculiarity, because the minute wheel was not secured with a pin through the axle or with a nut and thread, but with a snap ring, and this at the end of the 18th century. Not an invention of the 20th century! Diameter of dial: 243
Cage dimensions: 242 x 240 x 140 HxWxD / Movement dimensions: 355 x 240 x 165 HxWxD Pendulum length: 1600 (all dimensions in mm).
((( Rooster clock from the time of the French Revolution, around 1793/1795. Not only the cast ornamental part with rooster and two small hens on the sides above the folded hands - fraternité ( fraternization ) - but also the decapitated rooster are reminiscent of this period. Not only were the rooster heads of clocks with Bourbon lilies cut off by 'revolutionaries' (many owners of such clocks also tried to adapt their clocks to the times by filing away the 3 lilies), but the heads of the rooster clocks with revolutionary symbols were also cut off by loyal royalists, as in this case. Later, the breakage was 'repaired' by filing a beak so that the cock was given a head again.
8-day movement with verge escapement. Full hour strike on bell with repetition after 2 minutes, half hour strike en passant. The minute wheel of this clock is already made of brass. Cambered enamel dial with Arabic numerals for hours and quarters of an hour. This new type of dial first appeared on Comtoise clocks between 1790 and 1800 Dial diameter: 240 Chimney height: 95 Cage: 242 x 241 x 140 HxWxD / Movement: 350 x 245 x 165 HxWxD / Pendulum length: 1600 ( all dimensions in mm ))))
