c.1870 French Gilt-Bronze Four-Glass Mantle Clock with Coup-Perdu.
French
Inv. #: f326
Maker: Le Roy & Fils – RetailerHonoré Pons – movementAuguste Pointaux – coup perdu escapement
Circa: 1870
Size: 22.5" high
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Case
The large gilt-bronze case has exaggerated moldings, stylized scrolls to the sides, friction fit front and back doors, heavy beveled glasses to all sides, a large finial and six turned feet.
Dial
The two piece white porcelain dial has steel-cut Breguet-style hands, a steel sweep second hand and Roman numerals for the hours on the outside chapter. The sunken center is signed ‘LeRoy & Fils Galerie Montpensier, 13-15 Palais-Royal, Paris' and '211 Regent Street, London' and has the coup-perdu escapement designed and stamped on the reverse side of one arm by the maker, ‘Augst. Pointaux’.
Movement
The large exceptional eight-day time and strike movement is wound out the front, set by a knurled knob off the backplate, stamped ‘LeRoy & Fils, 9966 A PARIS‘ , carries the Pons trademark and strikes on a bell. The coup perdu escapement has jeweled curved arms and an escape wheel with both teeth and pins. The large half-second 3 rod pendulum has a gilt bob and is suspended by a steel suspension spring from a robust back cock that integrates a safety pin and is adjusted for fast slow out the dial.
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