Large and Magnificent Ormolu and Sèvres Porcelain Clock by Achille Brocot
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Large and Magnificent Ormolu and Sèvres Porcelain Clock by Achille Brocot
About the Item
- Creator:Achille Brocot (Clockmaker)
- Similar to:Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres (Maker)
- Dimensions:Height: 18.75 in (47.63 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)Depth: 5.5 in (13.97 cm)
- Style:Neoclassical (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:1880
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Fully working and tested. The original gilding is beautifully clean and bright with just some slight discolouration and wear, mainly to the rear of the case. The porcelain is in excellent condition, just some wear to the dial half hour markers.
- Seller Location:Belper, GB
- Reference Number:Seller: RSC30221stDibs: LU2496310001303
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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