Description
This clock is in outstanding condition, with good porcelain dial with polychrome decorations, and fancy hand tooled hands, the dial signed Theodore B Starr, New York. Movement serial 27661, with matched number pendulum. This style clock was popular in France for 150 years, and this model is similar to the Knable and other Louis XVI lyres pictured in Tardy's. part II, page 282. Note there is a small chip by the right winding hole; no copper showing, but it is visible on close examination. The cobalt blue porcelain is all excellent and all mounts retain their bright yellow fire gilding. Brilliant pendulum ring swings back and forth while running. Very impressive. Height 19 inches
Record courtesy of R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts