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A French ormolu compendium mantel clock with full calendar, equation of time, moonphase, barometer and compass, late 19th Century
The white enamel Roman chapter ring with blued steel Breguet hands and sweep centre seconds, the recessed enamel centre signed A. Dubois FANT./Rue de Rivoli 20/PARIS, the bridged dead beat escapement with jewelled pivot, the enamel calendar dial above with rings for day, date and month, penny moon aperture and equation of time, the eight day clock movement with circular plates, twin barrels with strike on bell, with trip linkage to the calendrical mechanism above, silvered aneroid barometer dial below, the clock supported on two caryatids above an ormolu base set with a circular silvered thermometer and compass dial; probably adapted -- 22½ in. (57 cm.) high; pendulum
The white enamel Roman chapter ring with blued steel Breguet hands and sweep centre seconds, the recessed enamel centre signed A. Dubois FANT./Rue de Rivoli 20/PARIS, the bridged dead beat escapement with jewelled pivot, the enamel calendar dial above with rings for day, date and month, penny moon aperture and equation of time, the eight day clock movement with circular plates, twin barrels with strike on bell, with trip linkage to the calendrical mechanism above, silvered aneroid barometer dial below, the clock supported on two caryatids above an ormolu base set with a circular silvered thermometer and compass dial; probably adapted -- 22½ in. (57 cm.) high; pendulum
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