France, Potonie Leon, aÕ Paris, an open frame or skeletal presentation of the movement under dome, the dial presented on a third plate of gilt, engraved bronze, and with two hand painted and fired floral panels. The movement signed Potonie, Paris, and also with the words MOUY SURFIN, or extra fine quality [stamped into the brass above Pononie logo], c1860

Potonie, Paris, mantel or table regulator, rectangular, white marble, molded base supporting the glazed, arch top case, top with acanthus leaf engraving, sides with trefoil ornamented parapet, and case "floor" with acanthus engraving on a crosshatched field, Roman numeral white enamel dial with seconds chapter below 12:00, blued steel Breguet style hands, 8 day, time and strike movement with square plates, marked "Mouv Surfin", "D. Pontonie & Cie 8113 Paris", and "Horloger P. Bly" below the back cock, gilt, gridiron pendulum with white enamel insert