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JANVIER, CIRCA 1795, THE MOVEMENT WITH ALTERATIONS AND POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED TO THE CASE
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A French audience clock
Janvier, circa 1795, the movement with alterations and possibly associated to the case
The rectangular case with carved palmwood reliefs to each side depicting Hieronymus and a female figure with a skull, surmounted by an ormolu carrying handle, on ormolu bun-feet, the gilt-brass dial, signed Janvier and inscribed Nescit Lapsa Reverti (not slipped back), with silvered chapter ring and decimal time subsidiary ring, the four-pillar one-train chain fusee movement, inscribed Horloge Construite avec le Vieux Rouage de Serinette de Madame Devanne, with anchor escapement; pendulum and winding key
35 cm. high
Janvier, circa 1795, the movement with alterations and possibly associated to the case
The rectangular case with carved palmwood reliefs to each side depicting Hieronymus and a female figure with a skull, surmounted by an ormolu carrying handle, on ormolu bun-feet, the gilt-brass dial, signed Janvier and inscribed Nescit Lapsa Reverti (not slipped back), with silvered chapter ring and decimal time subsidiary ring, the four-pillar one-train chain fusee movement, inscribed Horloge Construite avec le Vieux Rouage de Serinette de Madame Devanne, with anchor escapement; pendulum and winding key
35 cm. high
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Please note, the heading should read 'A French audience clock', the movement with alterations and possibly associated to the case.
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