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A stunning original antique French clock by the renown maker Achille Brocot. It features exquisite Sèvres Style porcelain with pompadour rose pink ground. Beautifully modelled in the classical style of Louis XVI with scrolling brackets, acanthus wreath and draped floral swags. The dial and lower panel are delicately painted with cherubs.
The large urn to the top is finely painted to both sides with exotic birds. The dial is complete with it's original finely cut and blued steel hands. Please note that this style of clock does not have a glass bezel or a rear door to the case. The clock is complete with its original gesso base.
The French movement is by Achille Brocot and is of superb quality. It is in excellent clean and running condition having been fully overhauled by our clockmaker. It is fitted with a dead-beat escapement and rack striking. Pendulum is and old replacement. It runs for 8 days and strikes the hours and halves on a bell. We have a video of the clock, please ask and we will send you a link.
Condition of the case is excellent, the original gilding is beautifully clean and bright with slight wear to the high spots in places. The porcelain is also excellent with no damage and only very minor wear to the over-glaze gilt decoration. We have replaced the fabric on the gesso base with fresh.
Achille Brocot was a member of the renowned Brocot clockmaking family, the eldest son of Louis Gabriel Brocot. He was treasurer to La Société des Horlogers in Paris and was awarded First Class Medal at the 1855 Paris Exhibition - Tardy, Dictionnaire des Horlogers.
Achille Brocot mark on the dial plate and bezel. Achille Brocot mark on the movement backplate.
Complete with pendulum, bell and a suitable key. Full setting up instructions supplied if required.
Dimensions of clock (overall including the base):
inches: Height 15", Width 10 1/2", Depth 5 3/4"
centimetres: Height 38 cm, Width 26.5 cm, Depth 14 cm
- Creator:Achille Brocot (Clockmaker)
- Dimensions:Height: 15 in (38.1 cm)Width: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)Depth: 5.75 in (14.61 cm)
- Style:Louis XVI (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:1860
- Condition:Repaired: Fully overhauled and tested by our clockmaker. Wear consistent with age and use. Original gilding is beautifully clean and bright with slight wear to the high spots in places. The porcelain is also excellent with no damage and only very minor wear to the over-glaze gilt decoration. We have replaced the fabric on the gesso base.
- Seller Location:Belper, GB
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Achille Brocot
Achille Brocot was a French clockmaker and amateur mathematician. He is known for his discovery of the Stern–Brocot tree, a mathematical structure useful in approximating real numbers by rational numbers, this sort of approximation is an important part of the design of gear ratios for clocks. Several improvements in clock design were attributed to Brocot. He invented the "Brocot Suspension", which enabled time keeping to be regulated by altering the length of the pendulum suspension spring by a key turned in the dial.
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