A spring mantel clock on a marble base with brass feet by Pierre Leurtier, Paris, about 1860
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1870
A spring clock with a white enamelled dial on a white marble base with angled corners and with flat circular brass feet, the case of ormolu, the sides set with oval enamel plaques decorated with cupids.
On top is a cupid sitting on a red enamelled globe studded with stars and mounted with a wreath. Circular movement plates 9 cm diameter; the backplate stamped with the initials AC within a circle and 2298 also stamped 4 6 at bottom. Going train at right; anchor escapement, with escape wheel of 43T, the pallets embracing 12 teeth. The rack striking train to left; the bell missing.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height 21 in; Width 10.25 in
- Materials and techniques
- Marble, brass, ormolu
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Paris
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O375782
- Museum object number
- M.1780-1944
- 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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