No. 574 CUM
9-inch Comtoise clock with verge escapement and folded pendulum, dating from around 1815/1820. Two-part pressed decorative front plate depicting a sun head above a chalice, framed by side cornucopias from which vines emerge, each holding small lion heads with curved floral garlands in their mouths. The upper decorative corners of this model were cut below the groove on another pressed part to then be mounted as lower corners after a 180-degree rotation. The enamel dial with large quarter-hour numerals rests on the brass decorative corners. Half-hour and full-hour strikes are already executed by the strike work with spring pressure (no separate half-hour strike en passant). Pendulum guidance at the front. Sun hands, alarm mechanism.
Dial diameter: 245
Cage dimensions: 251 × 245 × 140 H × W × D
Movement dimensions: 390 × 245 × 170 H × W × D
Pendulum length: approx. 1200
( all dimensions in mm )
