Lot 57
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A Restauration alabaster and ormolu striking portico clock with integral swinging pendulum
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A Restauration alabaster and ormolu striking portico clock with integral swinging pendulum

BÉCHOT, PARIS. CIRCA 1830

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A Restauration alabaster and ormolu striking portico clock with integral swinging pendulum
Béchot, Paris. Circa 1830
The twin column alabaster case with ormolu foliate cast mounts, knife-edge suspension to the gridiron and temperature compensated pendulum, the silvered Roman dial with engine-turned centre signed BÉCHOT A PARIS, blued steel Breguet hands, the eight day twin barrel movement with pinwheel escapement and countwheel strike on bell, the back plate stamped BECHOT and numbered 6685 B
21.5 in. (54.5 cm.)
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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
For integral swinging clocks of related design see Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer 1999, p.140, fig.12-4, and Tardy, French Clocks, Volume II, Paris 1981, p.372.
Bechot is recorded in the Rue Saint Martin circa 1830.

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