c.1895 French Gilt and Silvered Bronze Carriage Clock with Complications. SOLD
Carriage /
French
Inv. #: f330
Maker: A.H.Rodanet, Paris - retailer
Circa: 1895
Size: 8 in. handle up.
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Case
The silvered and gilt-bronze case has canted corners with reeded columns, a hinged handle and beveled glasses to 5 sides.
Dial
The dial has bone chapter rings with Arabic numbers for the hours, alarm and date, the days of the week in French, and steel-cut hands including the sweep second hand. The center of the hour chapter has an aperture for the moon-dial and is signed by the retailer, ‘A.H. Rodanet, 36 Rue Vivienne, Paris’.
Movement
The time and strike eight-day grand-sonnerie movement is wound and set off the backplate, has all the indications in French, is stamped by the retailer, ‘A.H. Rodanet, Paris’, is numbered 29398 curved around the lower post and still retains the original damascened high quality platform with a lever escapement. The strike sequences and the moon dial are adjusted by levers out the bottom.
Ref: Rodanet trade card:
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8022882/a-h-rodanet-cie-trade-card
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