c.1830 French Ormolu Regulator Clock.

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c.1830 French Ormolu Regulator Clock.
Inv. #: p154
Maker:

Bourdier

Description:

An early 19th century ‘Pendule Cage’ French ormolu regulator clock signed Bourdier on a wonderfully decorated dial.

Case:

The large architectural ormolu glazed case has beveled glasses with decorative borders, floral appliques, a removable top surmounted with a balustrade and a finely finished frieze below.

Dial:

The superbly executed dial has a blue outside edge, black Roman numerals for the hours, a sweep second chapter with half-second marks and steel hand, a date ring with Arabic numbers bordered by raised decorative gilt-work, steel Breguet-style hands for the hours and minutes, a shaped steel hand for the date and is signed in red ‘Bourdier’.

Movement:

The eight-day time and strike movement has large circular plates, heavy pillars, countwheel striking on a bell, the pinwheel planted on the backplate and carries the ‘Pons’ stamp of 1827. The large, heavy 1/2 second grid-iron pendulum is suspended by a knife-edge suspension and adjusted for fast/slow by a large knurled nut accessed from above.

Notes:

The ‘pendule cage’ style of case was first developed during the Louis XVI period and remained popular into the 19th century.

 

Jean Simon Bourdier was at Rue Saint-Denis in 1830.

 

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Size: 18.5 in.
Retail Price: On Request

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