Table clock
Achille Brocot (1817 - 1878)
Category
Horology
Date
1850 - 1860
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Measurements
400 x 420 x 205 mm
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771958
Summary
Table clock with seated figure. Brass case. The round clock face has been placed on a pair of books and maps, which are lying on a base consisting of two levels. The frieze of the four sides of the lowest level has c scroll decoration in the middle and at each corner. Next to the clock is a draped female figure, who has her left arm resting on the clock and her right hand on the second base. Near her feet is a globe. In her right hand she should hold a telescope. Convex enamel dial. Hours in Roman numerals and the minutes numbered every 5 in Arabic. Winding holes piercing III and VIII, unsymmetrical. Regulating hole above 60. Pierced brass hands. Going train to right, with going barrel and anchor escarpment. Escape wheel of 27T, pallets spanning 4T; crutch pendulum 10.75in long; steel rod, circular brass bob, fixed to rod. Locking plate striking train, with going barrel and external wheel, permitting a single stroke at the half-hour., details supplied by Dr Ward.
Provenance
[?could this be from Berkeley Square]
Marks and inscriptions
Brocot-type regulator, the top wheel punched BROCOT PROP
Makers and roles
Achille Brocot (1817 - 1878), maker