A Louis Philippe brass striking skeleton portico clock for the Turkish market

CIRCA 1840

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A Louis Philippe brass striking skeleton portico clock for the Turkish market
Circa 1840
With white enamel dial, the twin barrel movement with Brocot dead beat escapement with steel pallets and countwheel strike via articulated linkage to bell above; nine-rod gridiron pendulum, winding key
20¾ in. (52.5 cm.) high

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, Continetal and American Skeleton Clocks, Schiffer, Pennsylvania, 1989, pp.94-95, figs.81-82.
Tardy, French Clocks, Part III, Paris, 1982, p.135, figs.XXI, XXII.

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