Garniture - Ormolu, Japonisme, Achille Brocot, France, circa 1880
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
circa 1880
Ormolu garniture with Japonisme style decoration manufactured by Achille Brocot in France circa 1880. The garniture comprises a mantel clock and two dummy candlesticks.
Achille patented several improvements in clock mechanism escapements, and invented the 'Brocot Suspension', an adjustable pendulum spring which enabled time keeping to be regulated by altering the length of the pendulum suspension spring by a key turned in the dial. He also introduced a jeweled deadbeat escapement, sometimes called a visible escapement as it was often mounted in the middle of the dial.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- 650 mm (Width), 154 mm (Depth), 440 mm (Height)
Identification
- Candidate id
- mv-1455737
- Museum object number
- HT 22697
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
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