Description

(1) Earthenware dial is broken into many pieces. Side doors are absent. Iron and steel movement parts have some light rust. Crown wheel arbor support has some turned details. Strike train relies on springs, rather than internal counterweights. Wood winding drums have splits. Four-blade iron fly. Linkage from crutch to pallet arbor will need to be reconnected. Clock does not come with weights or pendulum. Sold by Ivoire Saint-Etienne on June 2nd, 2012, lot number 21 (2) Flat brass fronton is missing. Newer cast bell. Hand has been restored. Suspension shroud measures 4.25 inches. Turned details on escape wheel arbor support. Four blade iron fly. Strike trains uses springs, rather than counterweights. Movement will need servicing. Sold by Ivoire Saint-Etienne on October 13th, 2012, lot number 46. (3) Iron parts with surface rust. Finely cut crown wheel. Upper wheels in trains with only three crossings. Escape wheel arbor support is crudely made and probably replaced. Short suspension hanger has no shroud, and probably never did. Linkage between crutch and pendulum is absent. The clock does not come with weights or pendulum. Door pins will need to be repaired. The bell is signed "Dubois Pere Aupuy ". Sold by Ivoire Saint-Etienne on October 13th, 2012, lot number 27. Dimensions are for the clock with blue numerals (3). Sold "as is ".

Record courtesy of R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts