Antique Timepieces

FINE ANTIQUE CLOCKS

FRENCH NAPOLEON ERA COMTOISE TALLCASE CLOCK
(Item: XC-193)

1810  FRENCH

CHIMING COMTOISE

TALLCASE CLOCK

(ITEM # C-193)
THIS GRACEFUL LONGCASE CLOCK WAS MADE  BY MESSIER. BONNEAU IN A'NANTES, THE MORBIER REGION OF FRANCE IN 1810. THIS WAS DURING THE REIGN OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
NOTE THE BEAUTIFUL PORCELAIN DIAL AND EXQUISETLY MADE REPOUSSE GILDED FIGURES.
THE  MOVEMENT STRIKES THE HOUR AND IN TWO MINUTES REPEATS THE STRIKE. IN ADDITION, IT STRIKES THE HALF HOUR. THE WEIGHTS ARE REPLACEMENTS BUT ARE LIKE THE ORIGINAL ONES.
THE CLOCK HAS THE ORIGINAL FOLD UP PENDULUM WHICH SHOWS IT IS AN EARLY MORBIER CLOCK.
THE PINE CASE IS HANDSOMELY GRAIN PAINTED ( THE TRADITIONAL PROCEDURE).
THE CASE IS IN GOOD CONDITION CONSIDERING IT IS PINE AND ALMOST 200 YEARS OLD.
WONDERFUL IN EITHER A FORMAL OR COUNTRY SETTING.
THE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN PROFESSIONALLY OVERHAULED
 
DIMENSIONS:
90 INCHES HIGH
18 1/2 INCHES WIDE
9 1/2 INCHES DEEP
PRICE: $2,700.00
SOLD


GRAIN PAINED PINE CASE


A HANDSOME DIAL OR FACE


DETAIL SHOWING SQUARE NAILS AND WOODEN PEGS AND 1810 DATE


GOOD DIAL WITH INTERESTING BRASS


MOVEMENT HAS BEEN OVERHAULED A $450.00 REPAIR


SHOWS ORIGINAL FOLD-UP PENDULUM


UPPER PART OF CLOCK

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Item Last Modified: 04/10/08

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