ANTIQUE FRENCH

HAND CARVED HUNTING LODGE WALL CLOCK

(ITEM # C-370)

THIS UNIQUE CLOCK WAS MADE IN FRANCE IN THE MID TO LATE 1800'S.

I AM SURE, THAT, WITH IT'S CARVED QWAIL BIRDS IT WAS MADE FOR A EUROPEAN HUNTING LODGE.

THE CARVINGS ARE EXCELLENT FROM THE TWO BIRDS TO THE HANDSOME CARVINGS THROUGHT THE CLOCK CASE.
THE WOOD IS EITHER WALNUT OR DARK EAUROPEAN OAK.

THE DIAL IS OF WOOD WITH PORCELAIN ROMAN NUMERALS. HANDS ARE BRASS AND ORIGINAL. THE CLOCK HAS AN ORIGINAL 8 INCH OPEN FACE. (THEY NEVER HAD A BEZEL WITH GLASS.)

THE MOVEMENT IS OF COURSE FRENCH, OF EIGHT DAY DURATION, AND HAS A RACK AND SNAIL STRIKE MECHANISM. THIS CLOCK STRIKES THE HOUR AND HALF HOUR AND RUNS JUST GREAT. ANARODE BAROMETERS DO NOT WORK IN COLORODO BECAUSE OF THE ALTITUDE; THEREFORE, I DO NOT KNOW IF IT FUNTIONS PROPERLY.