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A late 18th century French brass skeleton table regulator with large subsidiary seconds Ridel Paris
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£6,000 - £8,000
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A late 18th century French brass skeleton table regulator with large subsidiary seconds
Ridel Paris
the rafter-type frame united by four turned pillars on cast bases set on mahogany plinths and an oval base, the 6.75 inch white enamel subsidiary seconds dial with red enamel seconds ring entitled TEMSIVRAI over a larger white enamel time dial with black Arabic minutes marked in tens enclosing the Roman hours, with gilt star decoration, blue enamel signature and matching moon hands, the spring barrel movement with a train of six wheels running up to the pin wheel 'scape wheel, the substantial grid-iron pendulum with fine beat adjustment, mounted under a glass dome 72cms (2ft 4.5ins) high to the top of the dome.
the rafter-type frame united by four turned pillars on cast bases set on mahogany plinths and an oval base, the 6.75 inch white enamel subsidiary seconds dial with red enamel seconds ring entitled TEMSIVRAI over a larger white enamel time dial with black Arabic minutes marked in tens enclosing the Roman hours, with gilt star decoration, blue enamel signature and matching moon hands, the spring barrel movement with a train of six wheels running up to the pin wheel 'scape wheel, the substantial grid-iron pendulum with fine beat adjustment, mounted under a glass dome 72cms (2ft 4.5ins) high to the top of the dome.
Footnotes
An identical model on a marble base by Ridel is illustrated in Kjellberg La Pendule Francais, 1997, p316, plate D.