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A fine and very rare large late 19th century patinated and bronzed alloy conical pendulum clock The figure stamped A. Carrier. Farcot
13 July 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £32,000 inc. premium
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A fine and very rare large late 19th century patinated and bronzed alloy conical pendulum clock
The figure stamped A. Carrier.
The patinated figure of a woman sporting a diadem in crimped and waved hair tied high in a stylised top knot, her classically inspired dress bunched above the waist and cast with flowing creases and a gilt-heightened fringe; with her left arm raised she gazes towards the pendulum rod as it continuously rotates, a sheaf of leaves in her lowered right hand; she stands - without shoes - on a shaped base festooned in heavy laurel and berry swags, further mounted on an ebonised wooden stand with bowed sides and elaborately moulded base.
The 5.5 inch black dial with gilt Roman numerals with each minute marked by a single line and with subsidiary dial for running seconds (hand missing) at XII, with gilt Breguet style moon hands.
The spring driven movement wound through the dial, with vertical pinion above XII to drive a continuously rotating open arrow hand in which sits the tip of the pendulum rod, the spherical two-part bob applied with five-pointed stars (29 of the original 30 still in position), with a simple hook at the top to locate into the silk suspension to allow for free rotation. Striking the hours on a bell. The figure 1.48m (4ft 10.5ins) high; the pedestal 91cms (3ft) high. Total height 2.39m (7ft 10ins) high. (Farcot)
The patinated figure of a woman sporting a diadem in crimped and waved hair tied high in a stylised top knot, her classically inspired dress bunched above the waist and cast with flowing creases and a gilt-heightened fringe; with her left arm raised she gazes towards the pendulum rod as it continuously rotates, a sheaf of leaves in her lowered right hand; she stands - without shoes - on a shaped base festooned in heavy laurel and berry swags, further mounted on an ebonised wooden stand with bowed sides and elaborately moulded base.
The 5.5 inch black dial with gilt Roman numerals with each minute marked by a single line and with subsidiary dial for running seconds (hand missing) at XII, with gilt Breguet style moon hands.
The spring driven movement wound through the dial, with vertical pinion above XII to drive a continuously rotating open arrow hand in which sits the tip of the pendulum rod, the spherical two-part bob applied with five-pointed stars (29 of the original 30 still in position), with a simple hook at the top to locate into the silk suspension to allow for free rotation. Striking the hours on a bell. The figure 1.48m (4ft 10.5ins) high; the pedestal 91cms (3ft) high. Total height 2.39m (7ft 10ins) high. (Farcot)
Footnotes
The top of the backplate is punch numbered 125, 450, with an oval stamp between reading B. R & Cie B T S. G. D. G. Paris. The bottom of the backplate is stamped YMT in a circle.
An identical model, but with enamel dial featured in The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, Sotheby's New York, June 28th 1993, lot 499, sold for $23,000. Another similar model by Farcot on a marble plinth also featured in the same sale, lot 494 sold for $134,500.