Lot Essay
Cadot is recorded at Place Dauphine in 1870 and as having published a paper in 1877 on a mystery clock
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A CADOT; CIRCA 1870
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A French gilt-metal and ebonised glass plate mystery clock
A Cadot; circa 1870
The double-plated glass with etched and painted Roman and Arabic chapters to the front with pierced hands, the foliate cast gilt frame with a cartouche to the top and small volutes at the sides, later velvet covered stand supported on a break-front moulded ebonised wood plinth, the movement with going barrel and platform cylinder escapement, the backplate stamped A. Cadot, Bte SGDG 1308
13in. (35cm.) high
A Cadot; circa 1870
The double-plated glass with etched and painted Roman and Arabic chapters to the front with pierced hands, the foliate cast gilt frame with a cartouche to the top and small volutes at the sides, later velvet covered stand supported on a break-front moulded ebonised wood plinth, the movement with going barrel and platform cylinder escapement, the backplate stamped A. Cadot, Bte SGDG 1308
13in. (35cm.) high