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A late 17th century pendule religieuse The signature plaque bearing the name Nicolas Hanet, aParis
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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A late 17th century pendule religieuse
The signature plaque bearing the name Nicolas Hanet, aParis
the velvet-covered dial with applied chapter ring with outer Arabic minutes framing the Roman numerals, engraved star half-hour markers and dotted quarter-hour track, with matching steel hands set over a later drapery signature plaque signed for Nicolas Hanet, AParis, the movement plates measuring 11.3cms x 9.4cms united by four tapering pillars pinned through the backplate, the single spring barrel of two week duration and with tandem winding to the strike and going trains, the former with an outside countwheel strike on the bell mounted above, the latter with a verge escapement, silk suspension and cycloidal cheeks, the associated box-like case surmounted by the bell and set with a pair of steel eyes for suspension over a hinged door with intricate applied moulding framing the dial 31cms (12ins) high.
the velvet-covered dial with applied chapter ring with outer Arabic minutes framing the Roman numerals, engraved star half-hour markers and dotted quarter-hour track, with matching steel hands set over a later drapery signature plaque signed for Nicolas Hanet, AParis, the movement plates measuring 11.3cms x 9.4cms united by four tapering pillars pinned through the backplate, the single spring barrel of two week duration and with tandem winding to the strike and going trains, the former with an outside countwheel strike on the bell mounted above, the latter with a verge escapement, silk suspension and cycloidal cheeks, the associated box-like case surmounted by the bell and set with a pair of steel eyes for suspension over a hinged door with intricate applied moulding framing the dial 31cms (12ins) high.
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Comparative literature:
Huygens Legacy: The Golden Age of the Pendulum Clock, in particular Item 15, 'Earliest provincial extant religieuse'