Clock
Auguste-Louis Berthoud (1828 - 1910)
Category
Horology
Date
c. 1880
Materials
Ormolu case, enamel face, brass hands, glass bezel.
Measurements
1335 x 540 x 245 mm; 180 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Paris
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Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 514770
Summary
14-day French mystery clock in ormolu case, inscribed 'Berthoud', probably retailed by Auguste-Louis Berthoud (1828-1910), Paris, c.1880. 2 train, 4 pillar movement with brocot escapement and countwheel half hour striking on bell. White enamel dial, 18 centimetre in diameter, signed 'Berthoud' in centre, with roman numerals and arabic five minutes. Pierced brass hands. 'Lyre' type case with movement contained in the bob of a sunburst pendulum of the mock grid iron type, suspended from above and the crutch operating on a fixed pin on the base of the case. The support, in ormolu, in the form of an inverted Y, standing on an oval ormolu base, with a beaded edging around the top. Convex glass in bezel over dial.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Marks and inscriptions
Berthoud
Makers and roles
Auguste-Louis Berthoud (1828 - 1910), horologist