Nr. 601 CUM

9 inch comtoise clock with anchor escapement and lyre pendulum or folded pendulum from around 1890/1900 with a very rare one-piece pressed decorative front plate depicting a basket as well as ears of grain, roses and flowers. At the lower edge of the decorative plate the letters B W PARIS are stamped. The manufacturer behind the initials B W remains unknown to this day. Date display, half-hour and hour strike on a gong spring with repetition of the hour strike.
Enamel dial with cartouche-framed roman numerals on a light blue ground, signed: RENAULT à Plumaugat et Broons.

Diameter dial: 210
cage dimensions: 252 x 252 x 141 (+ gong 159) h x w x d
movement dimensions: 400 x 253 x 172 (+ gong 190) h x w x d
pendulum length: approx. 1200 (all dimensions in mm)

2. 601 frontal
3. B W
4. P A R I S
5. Oberteil